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Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... "communication" would be gradual and "data dependent - i.e. inflation continuing to improve towards the ECB's medium-term outlook. While the Eurozone's growth momentum is clearly strengthening, the euro's appreciation could limit/reverse the slow progress ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... minutes but perhaps, it's at or close to the Federal Treasury's US$55/tonne projected in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report for 2017-18, released in December last year. "Iron ore prices are assumed to remain flat at US$55 per tonne ...

Australian Ethical names new COO following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... increase in members and 42% spike in net flows, Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon was positive about the outlook for FY18. At the time of writing, Australian Ethical was trading at $154 per share, at a price to earnings ratio of 55.5.

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... change their spending patterns in response. "Continued weak income growth presents a particular risk to the consumption outlook in the context of high household indebtedness. Households do not just wake up one day and collectively decide to pay down ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... sustainable and strengthening and inflation moving up towards its target. Never mind what I scribbled but the insights, outlook and decisions made by four world central banks that met last week underscore that the world is in a better place, all against ...

Retirees force the politics of income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... today, it's larger as a share of global GDP than it was in 2007. This matters because if we're trying to think about the outlook for long-term interest rates, you have to think about the debt servicing capacity," Lawson said. "Average growth is a lot ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... record of 1.9% in the previous quarter. Recall the RBA's words: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." But the outlook for inflation is also important for ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... in South Australia. Robert Walters Australia and New Zealand managing director James Nicholson said while the overall outlook for the Australian job market remains healthy, there are pockets of the economy that are absolutely booming, while some areas ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The constant risk of a cyberattack on the Future Fund's investment portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... surprises at the Fed's decision to keep policy unchanged at its 30-31 January FOMC meeting. However, it changed its inflation outlook, expecting "Inflation on a 12-month basis... to move up "this year" and to stabilise around the Committee's 2% objective ...