CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
Economic sector comprised of businesses which sell nonessential products and services. The degree of spending and amount of consumption of these products and services varies from one individual to another. Companies include retailers, consumer services firms, automobiles and components companies, media companies, and consumer durables and apparel companies.
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Capital Accumulation
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Defined-Contribution Plan
A retirement plan where the percentage of money is set aside each year by the company for the benefit of their employees. There are restrictions as ...
Unscheduled Recast
Unscheduled Recast is a recomputation of remaining loan amortization schedule that is not scheduled. Some loans have contractual terms that when tr ...
Recompense
The act of giving a target person or entity some form of monetary benefit as a result of performing some action or some action happening to the tar ...
Tortoise Rally
Slow and steady appreciation of market prices through time. This is more beneficial to long-term retail investors since they enjoy steady gains fro ...
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06:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Mar | |
02:30 | Westpac Consumer Sentiment | May | |
03:30 | Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes | ||
05:00 | Credit Card Spending | Apr | |
08:00 | PPI | Apr | |
10:00 | Current Account (sa) | Mar | |
11:00 | Current Account (sa) | Mar | |
12:00 | CBI industrial order books balance | May | |
14:30 | Consumer Price Index | Apr |