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Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... on freedom, it's built on economic reform, it's built on open markets, it's built on encouraging investment and the employment that comes from it."

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... non-mining economy is losing steam". Trading, profitability and exports all declined in November from October while employment was flat at a low +1 reading. Australia residential property prices The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... separation - dipped by 0.5% in October with the quits rate (an indicator of workers' willingness or ability to leave current employment) remaining steady at 2.1%, where it had been since June this year. Eurozone retail sales Retail spending in the single ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... indicators remained somewhat mixed, it underlined that "forward-looking indicators point to continued expansion in employment in the near term". The RBA sees inflation remaining low for some time before returning to normal levels. While the RBA noted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen in manufacturing. New orders (54.0 in November from 52.3 in October, employment (52.3 from 52.9) and deliveries (51.8 from 48.2) all indicated expansions but stocks (47.0 from 41.7) and sales (48.1 ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... Friday produced more of a whimper than a bang - the Dow slipped by a mere 0.1% and the S&P 500 added just 0.04%. US employment grew in line with expectations (+178K) in November while the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October (full employment?). ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... sub-indices all in expansion: new orders (59.5), sales (53.5), exports (55.9), deliveries (52.7), production (53.5) and employment (52.3). While inventories gained 0.3 points to a reading of 46.3 in November, it remained in contraction. However, when ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... in the index of future general business activity (31.6 in November from 4.6 in October), production (8.8 from 6.7), employment (4.5 from 0.2), capacity utilisation (3.6 from 0.8) and an improvement in new orders (-1.4 from -3.5). On inflation, the raw ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... other Macquarie employees were involved in or aware of the conduct of the former junior employee. The individual's employment was terminated in 2012." The bank added: "Macquarie notes the ACCC does not allege, nor does Macquarie make an admission, that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... final reading of 51.4, disappointing market expectations for a rise to 51.7. Output, new orders, new export orders and employment all increased at a slower rate in November. In terms of inflation, output prices were unchanged but input prices reversed ...