Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 831 - 840 of 2864 results for "Outlook"

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... of December 2018. The Governing Council anticipates that, subject to incoming data confirming the medium-term inflation outlook, net purchases will then end." Would these scuttle the ECB's best-laid plans and force it to extend the end of net asset ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... gains in share markets over the past few years. We're closely monitoring any signs of deterioration in the economic outlook, although at this stage the global economy remains strong, and we see the benefits outweighing the risks," Barker said in ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... principal Tim Mackay says around July, the advice firm moved from being optimistic about the markets to taking a more negative outlook over the medium to long term. Calling their half-yearly investment note "half empty", Mackay and his sister and business ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... the previous three months) after which it would be ended "subject to incoming data confirming the medium-term inflation outlook." Despite the current heightened volatility on Wall Street that's adding to investor anxiety around the world, ECB President ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... minutes of the FOMC's 25-26 September meeting, revealing that it's full speed ahead for the Fed. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, participants generally anticipated that further gradual increases in the target ...

Financial services employment to boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The employment outlook for the financial services sector is at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission. Latest figures from Manpower show the net employment outlook for the finance, insurance and real estate sectors is up 21% for the fourth quarter ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... returns to members and our direct investment in infrastructure assets like Forth Ports aligns with the fund's long-term outlook, offering a strong pipeline of growth opportunities and aligning with our strategic approach to responsible investment," ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... "for growth to average a bit above 3 per cent in 2018 and 2019." The rest are virtually a copy and paste exercise. "The outlook for the labour market remains positive... Wages growth remains low, although it has picked up a little... The improvement ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... past," she said. "The outcome [of the SEC charge] could have been much worse," she said. "He is still the chief executive." Outlook for Aussie investors still strong Creagh says Tesla is better placed than its German counterparts trying to compete in ...