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Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... average. Australian Retailers Association chief executive Paul Zahra said the latest pause will help bolster business confidence and gives retailers "cautious optimism around whether interest rates may be lowered in the near future". "Continued interest ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... persistent inflation or a deterioration in financial conditions. This would affect commodity prices, consumer and business confidence, and real activity. Further, the ongoing impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and domestic inflation could dampen ...

Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... historically low unemployment and high job vacancy rates," explained Robert Half director Nicole Gorton. "With business confidence soaring despite whispers of a potential recession in Australia, the skills shortage for finance, technology and business ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
National Australia Bank's (NAB) latest business survey reported business confidence has risen above average levels and conditions have strengthened. Business confidence bucked a trend of steady monthly declines, rising seven index points. NAB called ...

Inflation to persist in 2022: Aviva

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... wage and inflation dynamics are more advanced, begin to show up in Australia," he said. In 2022, consumer and business confidence is expected to remain robust. While the support from fiscal policy will be reduced, Grady sees a number of longer-term public ...

Economic recap: Week to December 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... showed optimists outnumbering pessimists even during the lockdowns in the September quarter). So much so that business confidence rebounded to a six-month high in October. You know the drill, increased business confidence leads to higher investment in ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... average - aided by improvement in all its components (trading conditions, profitability, employment). Better, business confidence jumped by 11 points to a reading of +21 in October. This is backed by the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... expectations for an increase to 5.0%. Extended and tightened lockdown restrictions imply that the drop in business confidence -- down by 19 points to a reading of minus 8 points in July from plus 11 points in the previous month - and that of the consumer ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... taken a significant toll on business and consumer confidence. The latest NAB Business Survey shows that both business confidence and conditions plunged in the month of July. Australian business confidence dropped by 19 points to a reading of minus 8 ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... and in other states", the latest NAB business survey revealed both conditions and confidence taking a hit. Business confidence nearly halved to +11 in June from +20 in May. Business conditions dropped to a reading of +24 in June from +36 in May, with ...
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