Media Releases

Economic Update

10 Oct 2018

Download article

The US economy continues to perform well as we move into the last quarter of 2017, building on momentum from the June quarter as the third estimate of GDP growth was again revised higher, up 0.1pp, to 3.1%yoy saar. This growth remains heavily reliant on the US household sector that contributed 1.9pp to the 2.2%yoy rate of growth in real GDP. However, pleasingly, private investment also made a solid contribution through the year and is set to improve further...

Download article

Meet the author

Related articles

IFM Dots

Funds managed by IFM Investors acquire $300 million shopping centre portfolio

Funds managed by industry-superannuation fund owned global institutional investor and asset manager IFM Investors has acquired a shopping centre portfolio to be developed and built by Australian-owned Oreana with an end value of approximately $300 million, as it seeks to harness a surge in convenience-based shopping.

UniSuper and IFM Investors industrial and logistics estate, Burrah Park secures development approval supporting Western Sydney’s growth and delivering for super fund members

The NSW Government has granted development approval for the Burrah Park Industrial Estate (Burrah Park) as a State Significant Development, paving the way for a major new industrial and logistics precinct in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

IFM welcomes Government action to establish an Australian-made low carbon liquid fuels industry and strengthen Australia’s fuel security

IFM Investors, alongside MoU partners Ampol and GrainCorp, has welcomed a commitment to introduce a demand measure that provides certainty for new Australian low carbon liquid fuel production and stimulates investment in new, clean fuel refining capacity as part of a fuel supply and security package in the Federal Budget 2026-27.