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Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... could provide that extra oomph but the FOMC's base case should be enough. The FOMC considered the March quarter slowdown in GDP growth and inflation likely reflected "transitory factors" and members "continued to expect that, with gradual adjustments ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... May. Business activity is expanding at its fastest rate for six years so far in the second quarter, consistent with 0.6-0.7% GDP growth. The consensus forecast of 0.4% second quarter growth could well prove overly pessimistic if the PMI holds its elevated ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... 2017-18 and 3.0% in FY 2018-19 before increasing to 3.75% in FY 2020-21 that would help deliver a surplus equivalent to 0.4% of GDP by then. In addition to these, consumer spending will be further restrained by the 0.5% increase in the Medicare levy ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... outflows of about $2.5 billion in passive ETFs [in the Pacific Alliance]. Last year it saw $3 billion inflows." Looking at the GDP spread between developed and emerging countries since 2011, the latter grew 3% more on average, Asenjo said. "The Pacific ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... general equities," Shaw said. "In rising markets, 'user pays' assets come into their own. Such assets are usually correlated to GDP growth and are protected from rising interest rates, giving investors an inflation hedge." Shaw said recent history demonstrated ...

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... the 8th of June this year - the BOE remains optimistic over the growth outlook. The British central bank even upgraded its GDP growth outlook to 1.7% (from 1.6% predicted in February) next year and to 1.8% (from 1.7%) in 2019 - the years when the UK ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... (National Rail), Gonski 2.0 and the NDIS. The combination of which, along with other variables of course, will deliver real GDP growth of 2.75% in FY 2017/18 and 3% in the following year and "from 2019 20 until 2023-24, real GDP is projected to grow ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... receipts are projected to jump by $121 billion or by 30%. Receipts growing faster than outlays enables expenditure as a share of GDP to hold the line at 25%. Paying for this long road to recovery is the $105 billion increase in Commonwealth government ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... the domestic economy. Not only would a lift in Australia's growth outlook look good for his Budget - the budget deficit to GDP would be lower if GDP is higher - but it's also consistent with the Reserve Bank of Australia's more optimistic outlook for ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Economics Paul Dales, "supports our view that the biggest surpluses are in the past and that net exports were a drag on real GDP growth in the first quarter". That may be, but we're already in the midst of the second quarter. And so far, latest data ...