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Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... December 2016 and subdued 0.2% gains in the prior two months, that was followed by falls of 0.3% in February and 0.1% in March 2017). The Australian labour market is indeed improving but until there's a meaningful lift in wages and reduction in household ...

ClearView names new tech GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... distribution strategy. Williamson's promotion then allowed Michael Fox to move into the vacant NSW/ACT State Manager role in March, after linking with the company from BT Financial Group in 2017. These moves are in addition to ClearView's recent changes ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... start-up online super fund to provide a digital on-boarding service for prospective members. Superestate, which launched in March by Olympic medalist Grant Brits and is issued by Tidswell Financial Services, is designed to allow non-SMSF investors to ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Manufacturing PMI - a composite index produced by J.P. Morgan and IHS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted 53.4 in March, down from 54.1 in February and its lowest reading since October 2017." My apologies but here I go again, one swallow ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... than four times the index's historical average of +5 and the highest reading since NAB started its monthly survey back in March 1997. The economy added another 17,500 jobs in February following a 12,500 gain in the previous month. This is better than ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... conducted by the Conference Board. Sure, the survey showed that overall consumer confidence declined to a reading of 127.7 in March from a downwardly revised 130.0 print (from 130.8) in the previous month and is less than market expectations for a rise ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... HIS Markit Economics flash Eurozone PMI shows, "Eurozone expansion slows to weakest since start of 2017" - down to 55.3 in March from 57.1 in February. The strong euro is losing the trade war for Europe sans Trump's tariffs, no thanks very much. As Markit ...

Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) limited interest-only loans to 30% of total new housing credit in March last year. This followed its introduction of a 10% annual growth limit for investment housing in late 2014. To be sure, the ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... than four times the index's historical average of +5 and the highest reading since NAB started its monthly survey back in March 1997. According to the NAB report, "Strength appears broad-based with all major industry groups reporting above-average conditions" ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... was not a cut and paste job, the message contained in the monetary policy statement of 6 March 2018 echoed that made in March (even February) last year - that of expectations of stronger growth, improving labour market and business investment and gradually ...