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Economics

Treasurer ignored credit warnings: Bowen

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said Treasurer Scott Morrison ignored his warnings that Australia was in danger of losing its AAA credit rating.

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ trade deal; Canada resources jobs boom; Indonesia PPP infra; SA electricity crisis

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves; Eurozone construction activity; high speed rail global network; Turkey.

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership.

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Employment up but hours worked down; IT jobs boom; Japan governent's bond -free stimulus.

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Australian commonwealth government debt; proportion owned by global investors; ASX indices and capital raisings

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Australian employment growth disappoints but good; BOE on hold, promises to move in August; US producer prices head in right direction; Singapore growth accelerates.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Australia consumer confidence down; No inflation pressure from US export & import prices; Japanese and euro industrial output down.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Australian and US business confidence improves; no pipeline inflation in Japan; Philippine exports continue to fall.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australian housing finance buoyed by investment housing; Japan machinery orders continue run of weakening stats; US labor market conditions improve but still negative.