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IMF IMF maintains its world growth forecasts for 2018 and 2019 25 Jul 2018 Edmund Tang Releasing its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report on 16 July, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) left unchanged its world economic growth forecasts at 3.9% for both 2018 and 2019, compared t ... Read article... Australia’s two-way trade with the world was up 11% to $763 billion in 2017 23 Jul 2018 Edmund Tang The value of Australia's exports of goods and services surged by almost 15% year-on-year to $387 billion in 2017, while imports grew by 7% to $377 billion over the same period. Read article... International education Chinese education exports reach $10 billion 7 Jun 2018 Chinese education related personal travel exports reached $10 billion for the first time, an increase of $1.9 billion. Despite the percentage growth slowing from 35 per cent in 2016 to 24 per cent in ... Read article... International Economy | IMF IMF: World Economy Expands Next Two Years; Growth Softens After 2020 20 Apr 2018 Edmund Tang The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in April that it expects global growth will inch up from 3.8 per cent in 2017 to 3.9 per cent in the following two years – up by 0.2 percentage points from ... Read article... Nepal, Mongolia and Cambodia lead growth in student visa grants, January 2018 5 Apr 2018 Amy Godfrey The Department of Home Affairs has released January 2018 student visa grants data Read article... High-Growth Companies in Asia-Pacific region 4 Apr 2018 Edmund Tang Companies from Australia, India, Japan and South Korea dominate the corporate landscape of growth companies in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the "FT1000: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific" sp ... Read article... International education Latin America sees surge in international education 29 Mar 2018 Amy Godfrey The Department of Education and Training has released full year international student data for 2017. Read article... Australian Economy | Managed Funds Australian Pension Fund Assets Growth among the World’s Strongest 23 Mar 2018 Edmund Tang Last year, Australia not only became the world’s fourth largest pension (locally called ‘superannuation’) market valued at US$1.9 trillion but also experienced one of the highest growth rates of pensi ... Read article... Australian Economy | Benchmark Report Core arguments and facts of the 2018 Benchmark Report: Strong Foundations 9 Mar 2018 Edmund Tang The Report is structured around five main reasons for investing in Australia and compares Australia’s credentials with other major economies across each category. In this post, I want to look in more ... Read article... Australian Economy | Benchmark Report Core arguments and facts of the 2018 Benchmark Report: Global Ties 8 Mar 2018 Edmund Tang The Report is structured around five main reasons for investing in Australia and compares Australia’s credentials with other major economies across each category. In this post, I want to look in more ... Read article... Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > Refine by Keyword Keyword search Search Filter by Blogger Amy Godfrey Christina Goodman Divya Skene Edmund Tang Mark Thirlwell Tim Quinn Filter by Category AIBS 2015 AIBS 2016 AIBS 2017 ASEAN Australian Economy Benchmark Report Chinese Economy Diaspora E-Commerce FDI GDP Global Value Chains IMF Indian economy International Economy International education International Investment International Trade Japanese Economy Korean Economy Managed Funds OECD Productivity Tourists Trade Winds US Economy Visitor Economy World Economy Filter by Month July 2018June 2018April 2018March 2018February 2018December 2017November 2017October 2017September 2017August 2017July 2017June 2017May 2017April 2017March 2017February 2017January 2017December 2016November 2016October 2016September 2016August 2016July 2016June 2016May 2016April 2016March 2016February 2016January 2016December 2015November 2015October 2015September 2015August 2015July 2015June 2015May 2015April 2015March 2015February 2015January 2015December 2014November 2014October 2014