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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... increase in the federal funds rate" arrived in the form of a resurgence in US consumer confidence. The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence jumped to a reading of 101.1 in August, up from 96.7 in the previous month and significantly higher ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... country's labour market. As regards the housing market, the "the time to buy a dwelling" index declined by 1.8% while the "index of house price expectations" went up by 4.3% to its highest level since August 2015. US export and import prices If the Fed's ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... ANZ ETFS Euro Stoxx 50 ETF, which will have the ASX ticker code ESTX, will track the Eurozone's largest and most liquid index of blue-chip stocks. The index covers 50 of the largest stocks from 12 countries within the Eurozone including France, Germany ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... momentum". This is the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future economic activity three to nine months in advanced. The index increased by 0.20 ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... any additional returns above index are increasingly valuable for members. For example average underperformance to the index of over 2% in fixed interest asset class is a serious anchor on actual return when the asset class itself produces low returns," ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity dipped by 0.1% in March to 96.59 - the lowest reading on record - after falling by 0.2% in the previous month. Among the components, consumer sentiment expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... Australian labour market should help reverse the two-month erosion in consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 in March and 101.3 in February. US CPI inflation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... economist Bill Evans described the latest reading from its consumer sentiment survey. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 in the previous month. WBC attributed the drop ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... monthly and will run until March 2017) in terms of size and duration... or both. This is because the region's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) has moved further away from its "price stability" target of "below, but close to 2.0%". Worse, the ...