30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s What the Average American Is Saving for College
Here’s What the Average American Is Saving for College
With college prices at an all-time high, more and more families are saving up to help chip away at those costs. According to Sallie Mae’s latest national study, 57% of American parents are currently saving for college — a figure that’s up 9 percentage points from the previous year.
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30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on UK data: "Business confidence hits post-referendum highs"
UK data: "Business confidence hits post-referendum highs"
The Lloyds Business Barometer for October
Comes in at 37
– prior 24
The is quick off the mark with analysis:
UK Telegraph
– A net balance of 37pc of UK firms expect business prospects to improve
30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Brazil’s Leftists Absolutely Clobbered In Weekend Election
Brazil’s Leftists Absolutely Clobbered In Weekend Election
It’s official, Brazil’s Workers’ Party has fallen. Petrobras corruption scandal has pulled the rug out from under the party of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia private inflation gauge (October): 0.2% m/m(prior 0.4%) & 1.5% y/y (1.3%)
Australia private inflation gauge (October): 0.2% m/m(prior 0.4%) & 1.5% y/y (1.3%)
Melbourne institute inflation gauge
This is a monthly data point. The official CPI data is only once a quarter in Australia, so this monthly gauge comes in handy. As you can see … results are soft and well below the RBA trget band of 2 to 3%
30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on You’ll Be Appalled by How Many People Can’t Answer This Simple Financial Literacy Question
You’ll Be Appalled by How Many People Can’t Answer This Simple Financial Literacy Question
On this week’s Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner’s guest is Dr. Annamaria Lusardi, the Denit Trust Chair of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington University School of Business, as well as the founder and academic director of GW’s Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. A well-regarded expert in her field, Dr. Lusardi is best known for a piece of research involving a three-question financial literacy quiz.
30 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NZ Business Confidence (October) 24.5 (27.9 previously)
NZ Business Confidence (October) 24.5 (27.9 previously)
New Zealand data from ANZ
– Business confidence 24.5, prior 27.9
– Activity outlook 38.4, prior 42.4
No sign of the private inflation gauge data from Australia (Melbourne Institute, October)