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PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... of overheating in the US property market at the moment, plus income generation is still fairly strong due to decent employment growth," Fels said. He said that PIMCO is looking for shorter maturities; investments that will "bend but not break" in the ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... previous one. The unemployment rate remained at a 42-year low of 4.6% in the three months to April with the corresponding employment rate (74.8%) at an all-time high. As for inflation, both the rate of increase in the headline (2.9% in the year to May ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... - suggesting increased production as stocks are replenished. The ISM report, again, highlighted the theme of strong employment (57.2 from 53.5 in May) and easing inflation - the price component eased to 55.0 in June from 60.5 in May. It's the same story ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... forum of his June press conference that the bank's objective is "an inflation rate of close to but below 2%...It's not employment; it's not growth." The BOE's Carney's caveat of raising rates only if the trade-off between inflation and growth continues ...

REST CEO moves on, custodian renewed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... executive of REST Industry Super, Damian Hill, has advised the board of his intention not to seek a renewal of his employment contract at its conclusion in January 2018. Hill, who first joined the fund in 1999 as administration manager and was later ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... of 52.0 in June from May's final reading of 53.1 on the back of weaker rates of expansion in output, new orders and employment. According to Nikkei/Markit, despite the recent slowing, "external demand is holding up well, and the sector continues to operate ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... of inflation towards an inflation rate of close to but below 2%. So that stays there. That's our objective. It's not employment; it's not growth. Certainly the stronger is the economy, the stronger is the decline in unemployment rate, the more confident ...

Currency and managing volatility: New Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... conduct background check protocol. It will allow banks to find out better information about a job applicant's past employment history and conduct record. The process will involve a series of fact-based questions about employment history and conduct ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... the disparity resolves itself will be critical to the outlook for growth. Optimists might point to solid levels of employment conditions as providing the much needed catalyst to lift the household sector out of its current funk. However, significant ...

Advisers preparing ahead of professional standards: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... conduct background check protocol. It will allow banks to find out better information about a job applicant's past employment history and conduct record. The process will involve a series of fact-based questions about employment history and conduct ...