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Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... last year. Worse, consumers' expectations about the future worsened with those expecting an improvement in business conditions over the next six-month falling to 14.7% from 17.9% in June while those expecting deterioration increased to 10.7% from 10.2%. ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... from 15.2 in June and against expectations of 12. Ok, Ok and sure, sure is limited to the Philly district business conditions. But Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI gives the same indication. "The Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI registered 53.4 in ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... 2014 and has helped to turn the trend more positive." "The pick-up in confidence could also reflect improved business conditions. Business conditions rose from +4 to +7 points in May (and the highest read since October 2014), further cementing the upward ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... moment just bear that in mind," he said. "The environment has not changed that much - in fact when you look at business conditions indicators or PMIs - they have been slowing a little bit globally. "It's a long way from the GFC and it's a bit better ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... the April update was hardly earth-shattering -- business confidence was unchanged at plus 3 in April and "Business conditions retraced some - but not all of the gains reported in March" (NAB). Australia's big four banks - ANZ, CBA, NAB (on a trading ...

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... well supported and they don't feel that government policies have worked to create better or more flexible business conditions. Ahead of the May Federal Budget, the Government should be listening to SMEs to get a better understanding of their needs given ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... changed. Au contraire, some have even improved - unemployment rate, retail spending, business confidence and business conditions, among others. These are guideposts that argue that if the RBA didn't cut last month and the month before on wors-er (yes ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Business conditions are gradually improving, but confidence is moving in the opposite direction because businesses have been disappointed at the government's performance, Bank of America Merryll Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake said at the Financial ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... assets under advice and hence revenue," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. Despite improving business conditions, almost all planners (98%) said they were facing challenges in their business, with the typical planner highlighting 3.9 ...