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Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... average unemployment rate rises more than 0.5 per cent from its 12-month low, was triggered in July, a broader range of indicators are not consistent with a recession in the US at this stage," Hennessy said. "Other indicators such as consumer spending ...

What Yarra Capital is buying in the dip

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... outcomes are not currently evident." Toohey said while the bulk of the sell-off is potentially over, until some lead indicators of the US labour market stabilise, it's likely that risk assets will have trouble sustaining gains. "The good news is that ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... unexpected spike in unemployment. Global markets have since staged a gradual comeback, but investors are wary of economic indicators coming out of the US. "The market volatility that we've seen has been driven by weaker than expected jobs growth and ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... South Australia was the most consistent performer, taking out the top spot on three of the report's eight key economic indicators - relative unemployment, construction work done, and dwelling starts. Western Australia remains in the second spot and is ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... rates diminishes, making a case for cuts to stimulate economic growth." Green added that beyond CPI, other economic indicators suck as unemployment rates and consumer spending suggested that the US economy may not need the high-interest rate environment ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Institutional Investor Indicators for June, showing risk appetite fell 0.09 in June, revealing a modest risk off bias across the month. State Street Global Markets head of macro ...

APRA: RSE licensees show 'common areas of weakness'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... the thematic review identified common areas of weakness," it said. APRA said improvements are needed in early warning indicators and trigger levels in the trigger framework should be more relevant to RSE licensees' operating environment and risk ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... financial stress has increased between 2006-2020. Around one in five households experienced each of two financial stress indicators: 20.7% of households had cash-flow problems and 18.7% of households couldn't raise $2000 within a week. Additionally ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... to ensure we are not left behind." Quality-of-life measures remained strong, however there was a worrying dip in key indicators such as life expectancy and universal health coverage (down from 3rd to 8th and 9th respectively). "Our improved competitiveness ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... April monthly consumer price index (CPI) indicator exhibited ongoing "stickiness", as did the price and labour cost indicators contained in the NAB May Monthly Business Survey. "Those indicators are suggestive of some upside risk to the RBA's May CPI ...