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Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... at least $20 billion; (2) a material current account surplus is one that is at least 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP); (3) persistent, one-sided intervention occurs when net purchases of foreign currency are conducted repeatedly and total at ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Minister Theresa May and Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney could at least focus on the domestic economy. While UK GDP growth slowed to annual rate of 1.4% in the year to the December 2017 quarter (the weakest since the June 2012 quarter) from ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... January. Second, global demand has been improving, which should encourage exports and boost fresh investment. On the whole, GDP growth is projected to strengthen from 6.6 per cent in 2017-18 to 7.4 per cent in 2018-19 - in the range of 7.3-7.4 per cent ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... highlighted by the Fed's revised economic projections: Fed Board members and Fed Reserve Bank presidents' median projection for real GDP growth was revised higher to 2.7% this year (from 2.5% predicted in December 2017) and 2.4% next year (from 2.1%) ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Trump's White House? We'll soon find out. For it's also at this month's meeting that the Fed releases its FOMC projections for GDP growth, inflation and the unemployment rate and of course... the dot plots. The "dot plots" plot individual Fed district ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... be sure, activity indicators in Japan have not only been recovering but gaining strength. The year-on-year growth rate in GDP accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the December 2017 quarter from 1.9% in the third quarter, 1.6% in the second and 1.3% in ...

HNWIs give a boost to resurgent art market: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... today's growing and globalised art market is a fascinating reflection of wider economic trends and highly correlated with GDP and HNW populations." "Collecting is a passion that we share with many of our clients and alongside our own exclusive art services ...

Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... conversations are academic until an adviser can answer the question whether his or her client has enough for retirement. "What the GDP ratio is in China is an important question but probably way less important than finding out if somebody is a little ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... want to read further, below is a snippet from the Financial Standard Good Economics Guide explaining the implications of the GDP data on investments. Implications: Investors follow the size of the GDP and GDP growth because it indicates if the economy ...