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Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... pressure continues to build suggesting that inflation is yet to peak." Commenting on the result, NAB Group chief economist Alan Oster said: "Businesses are continuing to report that conditions are really strong." "While some of the real-time data we ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... same just looking at the top line numbers of the latest NAB Business Survey. But the bank's group chief economist, Alan Oster, had first dibs. Survey says... Australian business conditions jumped to a new all-time high reading of 32 in April, bettering ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... corporate profits, lifting business confidence, raising employment, buoying consumer confidence... NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, has the same views that as demand picks up, which should, in turn, see businesses consider expanding capacity through ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... weaker than the rest." Business conditions improved to a reading of 0 from -8 in June, but as NAB Group chief economist Alan Oster explains: "It may reflect activity coming off a low base." Be very afraid... The survey was conducted from July 22-31 - ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... third consecutive month of improvement after dropping to a record low reading of -66 points in March. Then again, as Alan Oster, NAB Group chief economist, declared: "The survey was conducted just prior to the reintroduction of lockdowns in Victoria..." ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... eased in October, the reading of 12 remains more than twice its long-run average of five, that NAB chief economist Alan Oster says, "continues to point to a healthy business sector, with profitability and trading conditions remaining high, and forward ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... +16 in August. The employment index was unchanged at a reading of +10 but, according to NAB's chief economist, Alan Oster: "The employment index (based on historical patterns) is consistent with jobs growth of around 23,000 per month. This is consistent ...

How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... than last year. The results come from a NAB special insight report. Five NAB economists led by group chief economist Alan Oster surveyed 2000 Aussies to drill down to the findings. The economists also asked people how they would spend their money if ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... reference about the broad-based strength across industries "outside of retail" which, according to NAB chief economist Alan Oster, "points to continued softness in consumer activity." This isn't such a beautiful piece of prognosis for consumer spending ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... "profitability" (down 11 points after a 9-point increase in the previous month) followed the same narrative. But as Alan Oster mentions, "Wage costs picked-up this month, coinciding with reports from some firms that wage costs are impacting confidence". ...
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