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Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... shrink significantly by the end of the century. "This will mean the developed world will have a declining share of global GDP," he added. Ultimately he said global ageing is a global problem requiring global solutions. "We need globalisation. We need ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... trade policies. "Australian shares would be particularly vulnerable to this given our high trade exposure (exports are 21% of GDP in Australia against 13% in the US)," he said. Tim Harcourt, previously the chief economist at Austrade and now the JW Nevile ...

New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... that if Australia could grow overseas-sourced funds under management equal to that of Hong Kong over the next decade, our GDP would grow by more than $4.2 billion, tax revenue would increase by $1.2 billion and nearly 10,000 jobs would be created.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... in the previous month. This measure had been flat (between 1.6% and 1.7%) over the past nine months of this year. Eurozone GDP and inflation Preliminary estimates indicated some stability in the Eurozone economy with real GDP expanding at a quarterly ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... about the real state of the US economy at best. While consumer spending remains strong, contributing 1.5 percentage points to GDP growth, this has slowed sharply from the 2.9 pps it contributed to growth in the June quarter. How would higher interest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... year-on-year rate also accelerated to 2.4% last month - also the fastest since April - from a 0.2% contraction in August. UK GDP Results for the first full quarter since the Brexit vote last June indicate the UK economy's continued resilience to the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... driven by a sharper contraction in imports (down 16.3% in the year to September) relative to exports (down 6.9%). South Korea GDP Advanced estimates show that South Korea's economic growth eased slightly to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.8% in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... component rose by 8.1% over the month and is consistent with the higher than expected 6.3% in overall building permits. China GDP Reports tag China's 6.7% expansion in the year to the third quarter - from similar growth rates in the June and March quarters ...

Asia-Pacific leads global HNW population and wealth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... remain the strongest pillars supporting the rise in HNWI wealth in the region, allowing investors to overcome slow Chinese GDP growth, a stagnant Japanese economy and volatile EU and US economies. China and Japan drove more than 90% of Asia-Pacific's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... promised to keep rates steady till "end-2016 with a possibility to cut it in 2017 Q1-Q2" to achieve its baseline 2017 forecast of GDP growth of not more than 1.0%, provided inflation continues to ease. It's getting there. Russian inflation slowed to ...