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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... highest sex ratio of 112.3 (more males) while Victoria the lowest at 97.8 by the end of fiscal year 2015. Chicago Fed National Activity Index The Fed would be justified in lifting interest rates in September if it bases its decision solely on the gauge ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... 5.9% against expectations for a 4.2% increase and quickening from June's 4.3% expansion. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), "all sectors showed growth with the main contribution coming from non-food stores". The jump in retail spending ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... from US$0.7175 to US$7295 after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest tally on the country's national accounts. Consensus betting was for Australian real GDP to slow by 0.4% in the quarter ended December 2015, taking the year-over-year ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... about the reliability of the ABS' labour market data, the improvement is consistent with the "Job Vacancies" report the National Statistician released a day earlier. Job vacancies increased by 3.5% to 167,600 in the November quarter - the most since ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... on concerns over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... due partly to a pick-up in the yen, and Seoul was marginally lower, giving up 1.16 points to 2,064.03. China's National Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index came in at 1.2 per cent in May, down from April's 1.5 per cent. The figure is the ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... stocks. Locally on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey, ANZ job ads figures for May and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for May are due out. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will also release its housing ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... the big four banks at 1200 AEST, the Commonwealth Bank was down 72 cents at $83.41, ANZ had lifted 15 cents to $32.67, National Australia Bank eased 20 cents to $33.36, and Westpac was 9.5 cents weaker at $33.105. In the resources sector, global miner ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Kong fell 0.58 per cent, or 157.90 points to 27,249.28. Chinese markets turned lower in the afternoon after the National Bureau of Statistics announced figures for retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment, which all missed expectations. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... the NAB's quarterly Australian residential property survey. In equities news, the chief executives of Macquarie Group, National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank are due to appear before Senate committee inquiry into financial advice services. Rio ...