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Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Services Commission. She led the prudential and conduct regulation of a complex financial services sector that primarily exports financial services and represents around 25% of Gibraltar's economy. She is also a former economist at the Reserve Bank of ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... shortages have led to increased labour costs and challenging logistics have impacted returns for some fresh horticultural exports. "Punitive tariffs imposed by China have specifically impacted Australia's premium and bulk wine sector whilst other ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... steel export plunge, and the trend is set to further accelerate, as China takes more measures to cut output and restrict exports..." This is already impacting iron ore prices - Australia's biggest resource export. After reaching an all-time high ...

Alphinity launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... controversial fuels such as uranium, gold mining where gold is the primary purpose of the mine, factory farming, live exports, predatory lending, alcohol and gambling, and old growth forestry logging, for example," he said. "When we come across a grey ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... $9.7 billion in the previous month. This was driven by a 1% increase in imports that was outpaced by an 11% surged in exports over the month led by a $2.3 billion (16%) jump in shipments to China in May - dwarfing the increase in exports to Hong Kong ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... record. Sure, April's trade surplus was mainly driven by a 7% slump in imports but despite the paltry 0.03% increase in exports over the month, at A$35,952 million, it is the biggest amount of shipment Australia sold overseas. "And the wonder of ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... sustain this. Besides these, China's anti-pollution drive has driven steel producers to buy higher quality iron ore exports from Australia and Brazil. Speaking of Brazil, here's where the "favourable supply conditions" come in. It's the second ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... sustain this. Besides these, China's anti-pollution drive has driven steel producers to buy higher quality iron ore exports from Australia and Brazil. But it's the mines down under that's reaping most of the benefits - despite Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... projection." "...strong growth in foreign demand and higher commodity prices are expected to drive a robust recovery in exports and business investment." Still, the BOC thinks that "the recovery continues to require extraordinary monetary policy support". ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand and a quicker-than-expected resumption of production and exports". In the same month, the IMF predicted China's economy to expand by 8.1% this year due to "effective containment measures ...