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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... the result of a more positive view of the labor market. Looking ahead, consumers are more upbeat about the short-term employment outlook, but somewhat neutral about business conditions and income prospects. Overall, consumers continue to rate current ...

Former Westpac adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... WILS has agreed to honour the policies of those affected. A spokesperson for BT said the insurer terminated Mahoney's employment after his activities were detected by internal controls which were voluntarily reported to ASIC. "We have always taken our ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... forecasts represent participants' individual assessments of appropriate policy given their projections of economic growth, employment, inflation, and other factors at a particular point in time. However, the economic outlook is inherently uncertain ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... August versus plus 0.24 in July and expectations for a 0.15 reading. The index's four main components - production, employment, personal consumption & housing and sales, orders & inventories - all declined over the month. The latest reading "suggests ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... forecasts represent participants' individual assessments of appropriate policy given their projections of economic growth, employment, inflation, and other factors at a particular point in time. However, the economic outlook is inherently uncertain ...

Another former AMP planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... purchase the shares of seven Australian listed companies while in possession of inside information acquired via his employment on 11 separate occasions. Hull's profits from those trades totalled approximately $492,000. For his involvement Hull was sentenced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... the month of September - no doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment rate at 5.7% versus 6.1% last year) with the "unemployment expectations index" declining to 138.4 in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... profitability have been the main drivers of elevated business conditions, but while both of these eased in August, employment conditions held steady - pointing to ongoing employment growth. Inflation measures in the Survey generally stayed soft, with ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... 13% of the construction export market. The projections also suggest that Chinese rebalancing may lead to significant employment gains in the education and tourism industries. Higher inbound Chinese direct investment could also create tens of thousands ...