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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15%, Japan on 6%, Germany on 5%, the UK on 4% and France on 3%. The leading 10 nations make up 68% of the world total. Australia's A$1.6 ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... it's worth noting that there are already 360 HSR trains operating around the world although these are dominated by China, Japan, France, Germany and Spain, according to the US HSR Association. The US HSRA reports that in 2015 1.6 billion passengers used ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Carbon Leaders Indexes in Europe, Emerging Markets, North America and Pacific. The equity portfolio in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) will track the MSCI Low Carbon Target Index. AP4 was an early adopter of the low carbon approach and made its first investment ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... the country in terms of technology employment growth - where almost 1 in 2 employers are looking to add technology staff. Japan govt says no plan to fund stimulus with more debt Japanese government officials have denied they will fund their proposed ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... Ordinaries Index, fell 2.5% in June 2016, reports the ASX. Declines were also observed in other major markets, including Japan which was down 9.6%, Germany which was down 5.7% and Hong Kong which was down 0.1%. The UK was, however, up 4.4%, Singapore ...

PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. Previously, he was head of research, Greater China at CBRE. Prior to that, he was head of property research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... prices fell by 3.5% in the year to June for the 22nd straight month of year-on-year declines, following a 4.5% drop in May. Japan industrial production Japanese stats continue to disappoint. Final figures show that Japan's industrial output fell by 2.6% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... to 94.0 and represents the third straight month of increases since March this year (when the index fell to two-year low). Japan producer prices Pipeline inflation pressures remain non-existent in Japan. Producer prices declined by 4.2% in the year to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... previous month. Similarly, the total number of dwelling commitments grew by 11.4% over the 12 months to May from 4.4% in April. Japan machinery orders It's just as well that Japan's upper house elections over the weekend produced a decisive outcome given ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... consistently had a high weighting to technology, "and it continues to pay off." It is sceptical about views on Europe and Japan, suggesting companies in those markets are "cheap for a reason and could stay that way for some time." On the home front UniSuper ...