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ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... growth momentum, inflation remains below the bank's objective - below but close to 2%. Recent stats bear this out. Eurozone GDP growth accelerated to 2.3% in the year to the June quarter. This is the fastest growth rate since the March 2011 quarter and ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... Management Corp took the top position. New America said the top 25 list represents aggregate assets that are larger than the GDP over every country but the US and China, and that as a result, a 1% allocation to sustainable investments in the developing ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... investment slowed to 7.5% from 7.8% over the same period. These are captured by China's national accounts which showed that GDP growth slowed to an annual rate of 6.8% in the third quarter from 6.9% in the second and 6.9% in the first. A slowdown in ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... outlook on the Japanese economy and company earnings. In its World Economic Outlook report for October, the IMF upgraded its GDP growth forecasts to 1.5% in 2017 and 0.7% in 2018, up by 0.3 percentage points and 0.1 percentage points, respectively, from ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... from 57.4); services (55.8 from 54.7) - and more recently, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) sharp upgrade to Eurozone GDP growth. In its October 2017 World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the IMF lifted its GDP forecasts to 2.1% this year and 1.9% ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... prompted the RBI to lower its gross value added (GVA) 2017/18 growth projection to 6.7% from 7.3% predicted in August. Indian GDP slowed to 5.7% in the year to the June quarter from 6.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is the slowest annual growth ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... latest retail trade data (and its trend decline) suggest that household consumption - which accounts for the biggest chunk of GDP (around 60%) - isn't getting much support, if at all, or that any support from lower interest rates is being negated by ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... pass it on to the next generation," the report noted. Private and family businesses contribute $600 billion to Australia's GDP and employ more than three million people.

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... period, the August figure represents the fastest gain in profits since in four years (August 2013) - the year when China's GDP growth averaged around 7.7%. Not only that, the NBS also reported that "Among the 41 industries surveyed, 39 posted year-on-year ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... tonne change in the price results in $A1.4 billion increase or decrease in tax receipts, and $A6 billion change in nominal GDP... For 2017/18, the impact will be greater, with every $US10 a tonne change impacting tax receipts by $3.9 billion and nominal ...