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Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... growth rate that started in 2014. The unemployment rate eased a bit to 5.4% in October. Consensus expectations are for the jobless rate to remain steady at 5.4% when the ABS releases its Labour Market report tomorrow. Back to the NAB survey. It appears ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... hurricane-affected miniscule 38K rise in September. More than this, the unemployment rate remained at 4.1% -- the lowest jobless rate since December 2000 (3.9%) - which by any measure of NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) should ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... orders and employment (which increased at the fastest pace in 10 years). This suggest further improvement in the region's jobless rate which had dropped to its lowest level since February 2009 to 9.1% in August from a record high of 12.1% just a little ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... and inflation. Here too, there were no compelling reasons to justify an adjustment in interest rates - up or down. The jobless rate rose to a high of 5.9% in February and March this year to a low of 5.5% in May and was last tracked at 5.6% in July. While ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... combine to dampen local market sentiment. Not least, because despite the buoyant business sentiment and conditions and the jobless rate dropping to its lowest level in 54 months to 5.5% in May, consumer sentiment has been steadily falling - down to 96.2 ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... strengthen. Fair enough. But how strong does the labour market need to be to get inflation lifting? At 4.3% in May, America's jobless rate has broken below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by both Oxford Economics ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The continued sprouting of green shoots in the Eurozone economy has recently triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy ...

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
The Bank of England's (BOE) March decision to keep policy settings unchanged may still prove to be correct, but the recent flow of economic data continue to vindicate MPC-member Kristin Forbes' dissent - she considered it appropriate to raise interest ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... count unemployment -- down another 11,300 for its third straight month of decline - points to further improvement in the jobless rate. This is an indication that's further underscored by rising business confidence. The CBI business optimism index surged ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% by the end of 2017 and 5.3% next year. This is at the low end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO
Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO
Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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