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Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... report, Australia ranks seventh for retirement security, scoring 78%. The score is derived by measuring several key indicators, including finances in retirement, health, quality of life, and material wellbeing. Sitting in the same place it did last year ...

Traditional economic indicators have 'tanked': Economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... Conference today, AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said economists can no longer rely on traditional economic indicators to make accurate predictions. Mousina noted that many economists have been predicting a recession in the US for around 12 ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... in response to Australian advisers and investor demand. "Bond yields globally are at decade-highs, and if inflation indicators continue to fall, central banks may proceed to cut official cash rates. We believe investors have a window of opportunity to ...

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 ...