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Maple-Brown Abbott hires for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... largest and fastest growing economies globally. In the past 20 years, emerging markets have risen from a quarter of world GDP to now close to half, while its equity markets are still a fraction of the size of those in the developed world." Moorhead added ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... inflation surged from a low of 2.95% in August 1972 to 12.1% by December 1974 while the US economy stagnated, with annual GDP growth collapsing from 7.6% in 1973 to negative 2.3% by 1975. The unemployment rate soared from 4.6% to 8.6% over the same period. ...

Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... investment analysts Kate Goodwin and Siddarth Mehta to the fold. Lai said more than 70% of global growth and 60% of the world's GDP comes from emerging markets, yet it accounts for just 13% of the MSCI ACWI Index. "I started Ox Capital Management ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... the Fed expects 2021 economic growth to slow to 5.9% in 2021 from the 7.0% it forecast three months earlier, it now expects GDP to expand faster next year (3.8% versus 3.3% predicted three months before) and in 2023 (2.5% versus 2.4%). Similarly, the ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... countries, but the recovery will soon slow, according to the OECD. The OECD's Economic Survey of Australia projected GDP growth of 4.0% in 2021 and 3.3% in 2022, recovering from a drop of 2.5% in 2020. However, the OECD expects the economy to contract ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... showed the economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, taking Australia's annual GDP growth rate up, up (and away) to 9.6% -- the highest year-on-year growth rate on record (1960s is all I have). Australia is up ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... Meanwhile, Sydney's ongoing lockdown and stubborn case numbers is predicted to lock in another negative quarter of GDP growth for the Australian economy, reversing the positive impact seen earlier in 2021 when the elimination approach was successful ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... has been stronger than was earlier expected. The recent outbreaks of the virus are, however, interrupting the recovery and GDP is expected to decline in the September quarter. The experience to date has been that once virus outbreaks are contained, the ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... from 1.1% in the previous one. The weighted median CPI inflation sped up to 1.7% from 1.3%. The advance estimate of US GDP growth and the Fed's July FOMC meeting took centre stage last week. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... quarter of growth since the pandemic-induced recession in the March and June quarters of 2020 - taking the annual growth in GDP up to 1.1% and national output above the level it was before the coronavirus struck. Australia's labour market stats indicate ...