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In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... discount the latest investment stats as "old news", especially given the more recent improvement in domestic business confidence and conditions and the Trump-triggered reflation and growth optimism in the global economy. But the ABS's estimates of "expected ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... general improvement in the global economy and closer to home, the sharp pick-up in business conditions and business confidence provides positive indications going forward. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the NAB business survey for December ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... beating market expectations for an easing to 52.1. This month's expansion have been driven by record high business confidence, and stronger increases in output, new orders, new export orders and employment. Commenting on the survey, IHS Markit economist ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... expected to be more "permanent" than their part-time counterparts. However, the significant improvement in business confidence and conditions offer some hope. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the December survey - where business conditions ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Now that's more like it. The NAB monthly business survey showed both business confidence and conditions on the rise. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the December survey - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australian business confidence surges in December but confidence is unmoved. This is the message from the NAB monthly business survey. The business confidence jumped to a reading of 11 in December from 6 in the previous month. The first double-digit ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... willingness to buy durable goods (42.8 from 40.5). This follows earlier reports of a strong lift in Japanese business confidence. The Tankan survey of large manufacturers jumped to 10 in the fourth quarter -- its highest reading in a year - from a reading ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... an economy that only a few weeks ago reported a 0.5% contraction in the third quarter, eroding consumer and business confidence, a bigger budget deficit (that threatened its AAA-credit rating) and all that negative jazz. Not surprisingly, the Australian ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... consumer spending - annual retail sales growth slowed to just a bit over 1% from close to 7% - and, in turn, on business confidence - from a high reading of plus 17 in early 2010 to a low of minus 7 by late 2011. Swan's cost-cutting to get to his promised ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Australia business confidence "While outcomes in the survey are not pointing to a severe slowdown in economic activity, the results have softened enough to suggest that growth remains sub-trend." (Alan Oster) This is a fair assessment from NAB's group ...