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Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Australian households are exhibiting "irrational exuberance" by getting into too much debt and placing little weight on unemployment or returns, which means that an external shock would be severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases jobs figures for May, which is expected to show the unemployment rate holding steady at 6.2 per cent. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ended a six-day losing streak, buoyed by resources ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... is still taking "an outsized hit as China's economy slows," the report said. "We see an extended period of rising unemployment and subtrend growth. We believe the RBA will cut its benchmark rate further this year, from a record-low 2%, and expect more ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... others collapsed. Quantitative easing (QE) started in the United States, while the rest of the world braced against unemployment and negative growth. While Australia managed to escape the worst consequences from the GFC, the situation is not as predictable ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... as what Greece is current going through - economic recession, Indonesia's sovereign credit rating junked, rising unemployment, stock market sell-off, social upheaval and street protests against austerity. The only difference was the currency. The Indonesian ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... life and risk industry. APRA highlighted group insurance as the primary culprit, with issues in the sector driven by unemployment and adverse economic changes; growing super fund member awareness of and legal involvement in the claims process; an increase ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... the World Business Forum in Sydney that, "If Australia finds it has a strong Australian dollar and it has higher unemployment, then it would have to respond and that would either be by increasing domestic demand or by weakening its own currency... it's ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... overheating the economy. However, she also said there were still weaknesses, including slackness in the job market despite unemployment at 5.4 per cent. Her comments came two days after minutes of the Fed's April policy board meeting made it clear that ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... consumer expectations over the next 12 months surged by 9.2% and expectations five year from now spiking by 20.2%; and, unemployment expectations dropped by 5.8% in May over April. Happy consumers spend. Australian retail sales increased by 4.3% in the ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... are not being addressed. The primary area of concern appears to be tightening margins in group insurance, driven by unemployment and adverse economic changes; growing super fund member awareness of and legal involvement in the claims process; an increase ...