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Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... is capex, actual and expected. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data These were reasons enough for both the ANZ and NAB to expect the Australian central bank to lift the official cash rate twice this year. In September ...

NAB redundancies in full swing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
The Finance Sector Union of Australia believes NAB is not doing enough to retrain or reskill the 6000 employees that will be made redundant over the next three years. Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) national secretary Julia Angrisano said many ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... recent market volatility. Only 15% said ETFs were partially to blame, while 11% were inconclusive because there was not enough evidence to show ETFs sparked the correction. Vanguard Australia principal of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... 4.3% up at the close of the trading week ending 16 February, partly reversing the previous week's 5.2% loss but more than enough to take its 2018-to-date performance from negative 2% to a positive 2.2%. This is despite the continued climb in the US 10-year ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... somersault dive especially given that this result was worse than the top-end of market expectations of between 0.3% and 0.4% (enough to force it into a correction earlier this month). Not only this, the BLS reports that "increase in the all items index ...

Advisers decline further education: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... have completed studies that exceed the minimum RG146 requirements," De Gori said. He added: "I cannot emphasise strongly enough that the FASEA position is a proposal at this time and it is up for consultation. Our approach is to constructively prepare ...

FPA clarifies role in shaping existing adviser standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... consultation until June 29, giving the FPA and its members ample time to be heard on the issue. "I cannot emphasise strongly enough that the FASEA position is a proposal at this time and it is up for consultation. Our approach is to constructively prepare ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... of electric vehicles." The AECOM survey showed 67% of respondents felt the infrastructure industry is not evolving fast enough to meet society's changing needs. Thirty-nine percent cited a lack of public funding as one of the key reasons why civil infrastructure ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... happened when the tax on consumption was raised from 5% to 8%. On both occasions, the Japanese economy was deemed strong enough to withstand an increase in tax on spending. On both occasions a recession ensued. The good news is that the Abe government ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... on average, while women in Bangladesh making clothes sold by these brands take home a minimum wage of $974 a year - not enough to cover the basics, she added. Szoke is calling on the chiefs of clothing brands to ensure workers in the supply chain earn ...