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Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... was flat. "Oh, and more, much more than this" the outlook points to continued, if not accelerating, improvement. "Forward orders reset last month's record high - and point to a growing pipeline of work. Capacity utilisation also very high, and implies ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... March from the previous month but remains at elevated levels and way above its long-run average of +6. The jump in forward orders to an all-time high of +17 in March from 10 in February signals continued strength in conditions and confidence going forward. ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... conditions (-19 in March from +4 in February); profitability (-27 from -5); employment (-20 from +1). The drop in forward orders (-29 from -4) indicates that there'll be more pain to come and affirms NAB's statement that, "...as time passes and ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... of results also suggests that the economy is unlikely to record a significant pickup in growth in Q2. Further, forward orders also remain below average (and are negative), suggesting a near-term turn around in business activity is unlikely. Capacity ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... elimination of political uncertainty following the May 18 Federal elections), the lead from the continued decline in forward orders is not encouraging. The only logical explanation for the Australian equity markets recent rally is that on a relative ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... profitability and employment - all suffered significant declines in December. And the outlook is bleak, with the reading on forward orders declining to -1 in December from 0 in November and +3 in October. This is consistent with the latest read from ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... over the latter part of 2018." Stocks (inventories) increased four points to a reading of +6 and the jumped in forward orders from +2 in July to +5 indicates that this inventory re-stocking is not "unwanted". The strength in household consumption reported ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... February from +25 in January), profitability (+21 from +19) and sharp increases in employment (+16 from +6) and forward orders (+11 from +3). However, the February survey also indicates that businesses are still unable to pass on higher purchase costs ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... per month) in coming months, which is sufficient to see the unemployment rate push lower (all else unchanged)..." Forward orders increased from three to four last month driven by a large increase in manufacturing orders that was offset by a sharp decline ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... presumably offering higher wages Leading indicators in the recent NAB survey provide an optimistic outlook with the forward orders component rising to a reading of 4 in June from 3 in the previous month; exports increasing to 2 from 0 and stocks being ...
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