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Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... population of 1.25 billion people and a growth rate greater than China, India will need to create an additional 10 million jobs per year to absorb the growing labour force. "If internal opposition and intransigence at all levels of government cause the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... lower. Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said the fact that inflation was not very low, the release of positive jobs figures last week and the looming federal budget, due after the May RBA decision, were influencing investors. "There will ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... accelerates in March - "Strongest rate of growth since August 2014" This positive momentum in UK economic activity and the jobs market should ease downward pressure on consumer prices... eventually. But until then, expect the BOE to continue copying ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said the RBA's minutes suggested a rate cut in May was a 50-50 chance, with strong jobs figures last week reducing the likelihood. The release of inflation data in Australia on Wednesday would be an important influence ...

Risk mispricing a threat to investment: ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... tenfold increase on current levels, making China Australia's largest source of FDI. This investment is creating Australian jobs. And it is allowing us to upgrade infrastructure and improve business connectivity."

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
"Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday..." -Bonnie M. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray for the fantabulous Australian jobs report for March. It's a holi-holiday for the RBA in May. Well... maybe. 'twas a wonderful set of numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... current cycle. Then again, even if Y&C have given a tick of approval for a June strike at their March meeting, the latest US jobs figures - delivered after they've concluded their tete-a-tete - might give them pause for a re-think. US employment disappointed ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... later she decided to sell the business and move to Australia with her husband and children. Neither she nor her husband had jobs, but Blakey says they were "looking for the opportunity to do new things. At the beginning we didn't know anyone, but we ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... against expectations for a 247,000 addition and the lowest gain since December 2013 - for they cancel each other. A weakening jobs market, if it persists, would lengthen the Fed's patience. This is hardly surprising given the market's current valuation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Steel Forecast Conference continues. In Australia, the market on Thursday enjoyed its best gains in almost a month due to jobs figures that were good, but not too good to scuttle an expected Reserve Bank rate cut. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...