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Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
They might be expanding at a slower rate but they're still expanding. The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing and services indices both slowed in September from August but remained above the 50 expansion/contraction line. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures showed that the annual growth in private sector credit slowed from 6.0% in July to 5.8% in August - the slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Oh-em-gee! The R-word is back! I could almost hear my next door neighbour saying "I told you so" with the attendant knowing smirk and a wagging finger. Yes Virginia, a recession is again looming for Australia brought to us by the Sydney Morning Herald's ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... outperforming developed equity markets' return of 7.2% over the same period. Nearly four months on and, to borrow former Australian PM Paul Keating's words - which he claimed was taken out of context - Australia is again at the wrong end of the world. ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... chemical and biological armaments - Syria, Russia, China, Iran on one side, the US -- maybe France (and maybe, the next Australian PM) -- on the other. The biggest game changer at the other side of this weekend - for us who play with paper money rather ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... - ok, maybe not that much but the point is it would have been better targeted. The proof in the pudding is then Australian PM Kevin Rudd's A$900 handout to every Australian man, woman and child. Sure there was China and the rest of Asia, and RBA rate ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... the Fed to say we expect stronger growth and a pick up in the labour market going forward? For one, The Fed's not Australian PM Julia Gillard - so no "going forward" there. But seriously, the US$600 bil QE2 forced them into a negative outlook - else ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after heavy losses on Wall Street on Friday amongst both securities and commodities. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 118 points lower at 4,506. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as worse-than-expected US jobs data fuelled concern about the economic outlook. Higher oil and precious metal prices overnight, however, should help buoy the local resources sector. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may fall a little further on Tuesday after equity markets around the world slumped overnight on concerns about heavy losses in Chinese stocks on Monday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...
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