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Goods exports to China are now nearly half of the total Australian Exports
August 05, 2020 10:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Australian trade surplus rocketed to $8.2 billion in June 2020, driven by rising export of iron ore to China where surged steel production culminated in high iron ore demand. The robust trade statistics come at a time when severe .....
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Plan on Economic Recovery – 5 Aspects to be Looked at
August 05, 2020 09:45 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicSummary A recent emergency state declared in Victoria put new challenges to the Australian health and economy. JobTrainer program is expected to create more jobs that will be needed in the future. Mr Morrison is planning to invest a lot of mon.....
How increased spending support and cash rate at 0.25% would help the Australian economy
August 05, 2020 08:19 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate at 0.25% for the fifth consecutive month and reaffirmed the target yield on 3-year Australian government bonds at 25 basis points in its latest monetary policy meeting held on 4 August.....
Job losses Continue Unabated at Major British Companies
August 05, 2020 06:15 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe spate of job losses in the United Kingdom is not showing any signs of abatement even after the lockdown has been opened in the past three months. Many major companies in the country have announced redundancies in the last month despite evidence.....
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Australian Banking Space Amidst Virus-Induced Volatility; Digitalisation Turning Over a New Leaf
August 05, 2020 06:09 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaWith the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, major Australian banks have drawn considerable attention for deferring/suspending their dividends, facing loan deferrals, and making capital provisions for potentially high credit losses in the challenging m.....
Jobs bouncing back in July but with a slower trajectory– Is your future secured?
August 05, 2020 03:14 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Victoria declared ‘state of disaster’ and rise in the virus cases forced Melbourne and regional Victoria to enter stage 4 and stage 3 restrictions, respectively. Jobs continued to rebound in July, but its speed is relatively.....
NZ Legalising Cannabis: Is It Worth Rolling The Bill?
August 05, 2020 01:36 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaUpcoming September voting on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill to be introduced by the New Zealand Government will decide the fate of recreational cannabis in the nation. Will it be legal or continue to be illegal; shall be voted in one o.....
Policy rates remain unchanged, RBA expects 6% fall in GDP
August 04, 2020 10:02 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate unchanged in this policy meeting but intends to buy three-years bonds since yield is breaching its 25 basis points target. The Board has acknowledged the economic impact of the Victor.....
Expecting some strength: 5 Things you need to know about June trade balance and retail sales
August 04, 2020 08:17 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The trade surplus of Australia swelled to $8.2 billion for the month of June, which is its 30th consecutive monthly trade surplus amid solid lift in exports by 3%. Inflation-adjusted retail sales fell 3.4% during June in volume terms, a.....
Scan Through Tourism Space: Ten Things that you might have missed
August 04, 2020 01:34 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaKnown in the world for its ancient desert landscapes and coastal cities fringed with golden beaches and deep blue oceans, Australia is today famous for more than its iconic landmarks and faraway lands. Australia is home to the world’s oldest .....
The milieu between China and Australia when it comes to trade talks
August 03, 2020 11:24 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicThe successful trade relationship between China and Australia dates way back to the early 2000s. Ever since 2007, China has been Australia’s biggest trade partner. The countries were mostly collaborating when it came to exporting coal and oth.....
Taking A Closer Look At The Income And Wealth Inequalities In Britain
August 03, 2020 11:20 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Leading economic thinktank data suggests that while geographical income inequalities are falling across regions overtime in Britain, the wealth inequalities are rising. At the same time, according to the UK government statistics, the di.....
Covid-19 Impact: Leading Banks in the UK Braced for Losses
August 03, 2020 11:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Full year 2020 impairment charge of NatWest bank is likely to be in the range of £3.5-4.5 billion due to a gloomy UK outlook HSBC's PBT plummets 65 per cent amid coronavirus downturn The country’s struggling banks point out.....
UK House Price Growth Rate in July Breaks A 11 Year Record
August 03, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The nationwide house price index rose by 1.7 per cent in July, which is the highest monthly leap in prices since August of 2009 when the market was recovering from the financial crisis Bank of England had also reported that the mortgage.....
UK staycations see a boom as Britishers avoid foreign holidays amid quarantine rules for returning from Spain
August 03, 2020 09:13 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaStaycations within the UK have recorded a huge rise in inquiries and bookings in past few days as Britishers are looking to spend their holidays within the country to avoid undergoing 14-day quarantine after returning from their foreign holidays. T.....
Impact of social distancing on travel, hospitality, and luxury businesses
August 03, 2020 09:06 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicMarch 2020 was the turning point for many people around the world. World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a new global pandemic, meaning the new disease is active on the whole planet. One of the many questions that folks started asking themselves.....
How the struggling US economy is affecting geographies worldwide
August 02, 2020 12:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The US reported 32.9% dip in its Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2020, signalling a historic plunge in the economic activity. US economic worries in the face of COVID-19 crisis seem to be further accentuated by tra.....
US Economy Charter and Dow Jones: Economy shrivels while stocks are under spotlight
August 01, 2020 01:37 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary On 30 July, both Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices fell 0.85% and 0.38%, respectively, prompted by worst fall of 32.9% in the US GDP numbers in Q2 period, highlighted by Bureau of Economic Analysis. Sharp plunge in consumer spending was.....
August 2020 Earnings Season Set to Rock the Investors’ Watchlist: What lies Ahead for the Travel Sector?
August 01, 2020 12:08 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaWhile the US Q2 2020 earnings season failed to cheer investors so far amid mixed impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on companies’ profits, all eyes are now glued to Australia’s August 2020 earnings season that is expected to unfold as a ma.....
Home Loans and 3 Untouched Aspects
July 31, 2020 01:44 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The competition is rising in the Australian market to offer a low-interest rate to the borrowers. The lenders in the market are giving less than 2 per cent variable interest rates on new mortgages, while the smart borrowers are getting o.....
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