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RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... national income." In Australia, the economy is continuing its transition following the end of the mining investment boom. GDP was weaker than expected in the September quarter, largely reflecting temporary factors. A return to reasonable growth is expected ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... in December from 3.2% in the previous month. However, the volume of retail sales - that which goes into the calculation of GDP - was encouraging and, along with the very strong trade results - confirmed earlier views that Australia isn't heading for ...

India looking good in Trump's world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... other Asian nations are driven by exports, India's is primarily fuelled by domestic consumption - equal to 60% of its total GDP. The economic mix, Siva said, makes the country less vulnerable to Trump's protectionism and more attractive to foreign investors. ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... has come to a close with central banks having diminishing impact on domestic economies. Finally, while share of profits in GDP has eclipsed share of wages for the past three decades, Beckwith argued that "ordinary people, i.e. voters, don't like the ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... could find data on any story that they desire. "China is as big [geographically] as Europe. You wouldn't say that European GDP is at X therefore the whole of Europe is going to grow by X. China is growing at 6.5%. Half of it is growing by 12%, and the ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... totaled $36.4 trillion in 2016 - a growth of 4.3% in 12 months. Total pension assets in these markets account for 62% of their GDP. Defined contribution assets now amount to over 48% of global pensions assets compared to 41% in 2006, resultant of a growth ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction. Preliminary estimates show that the region's GDP expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, quicker than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and he fastest ...

Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... confirmed the indications from last week's National Accounts that the consumer remains the economy's major driving force. US GDP growth expanded at an annual rate of 1.9% in the fourth quarter with the 2.5% growth in personal consumption contributing ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK economy remains resilient to the lingering uncertainty that is Brexit. UK GDP expanded by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the same rate as it has in the September and June quarters. This is stronger ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... Markit, "The eurozone economy has started 2017 on a strong note. The January flash PMI is signalling respectable quarterly GDP growth of 0.4% with a broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and services." "Firms' expectations about the year ahead ...