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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Simon Cox said during the presentation of the white paper in Sydney. "Japan has had two decades of weak price pressure. Its GDP has been remarkably flat over the next twenty years." However, the introduction of Abenomics and monetary easing has brought ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... out of the stock market". Don't blame 'em given the host of problems currently plaguing Malaysia. The economy is slowing - GDP growth is down sharply from 6.5% in the June quarter of last year to 4.9% in the second quarter of 2015 -- at the same time ...

In wealthy Australia, philanthropy is the biggest loser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... but philanthropic giving is now lower than it was 30 years ago. Taxpayers are giving an amount equivalent to only 0.57% of GDP, compared to their counterparts in the US, who give 2% of GDP each year, the 2015 Koda Capital Australian Giving Review found. ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... remaining worries have taken on a particular significance following the latest update on the region's economic growth that showed GDP slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter, down from 0.4% in the first and less than expectations for a 0.4% print. Growth ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... economy's true performance - another good reason for Gov Rajan to sit and wait and see. This is because the bump in Indian GDP is due to the change in methodology the Statistician calculates the country's gross national product. Here's Reuters again ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Bhansali said that she sees risk in the fixed income market because "credit risk has gone up all over the world because debt to GDP has gone up as well." Consumer staples stocks are also risky because they could fall, even if they are seen as a proxy ...

Investors to get less in coming years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... he said. "The only bright spot in our economy is housing and that story is pretty mature now. Australia has to get used to GDP growth with a two in front of it rather than with a three in front of it." Platypus Asset Management founder and chief investment ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... S&P 500 index ended basically flat - minus 0.03% and plus 0.003%, respectively. Sure, the headline number showing that US GDP expanded at an annualised rate of 2.3% in the second quarter was less than consensus estimates for a 2.5% print but factor in ...

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... he added. Modelling done by BNY Mellon estimates that G4 growth would add over $10 trillion to the four economies' combined GDP in 2020.

Climate change to shrink investment by $5.7trn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015