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Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... collapse in the housing market. "...macrofinancial indicators underline the threat from the housing market, with house prices and related indicators (house indebtedness, bank size) pointing to continued vulnerability. Any impact will most likely be through ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... indications for Reserve Bank interest rates as well." Invariably, Eslake says, in Australia there's the issue of whether house prices will continue rising and whether that will prompt a response from the Reserve Bank or other regulators. Held at The ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... October from 91.2 in the previous month with the future expectations component down to 76.6 from 82.7 in September. US house prices As in consumer sentiment, two agencies tracking US house prices tell the same story. The Federal Housing Finance Authority ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... by 3.3% in the month of October, led by a 10.5% dive in the NSW index (Sydney down 18.6%). However, "Confidence in house prices continued to improve" with the "house price expectations' index up by 1.6% in October. US JOLTS report The US Bureau of Labor ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... to 71 (highest level since October 2005); and, buyer traffic up 4 points to 48 (10-month high). China newly-built house prices Heating up again. The average price of new homes in China's 70 cities increased by 9.2% in the year to August - the fastest ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... investment and inflation slowed; Eurozone GDP growth halved to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.6% in the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June and trade deficit widened in June. This ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... most distinct in London and Hong Kong," it said. Sydney, Vancouver, San Francisco and Amsterdam follow close behind. House prices in Tokyo, Singapore and New York are meanwhile reasonably safe. At risk of stating the obvious, the report says cities at ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... cool 1% for 2015-16 is expected to lead to yet another interest rate drop which in turn should trigger a rise in house prices particularly in highly sought after areas. However, according to a 2015 research paper by the Reserve Bank of Australia, population ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Keen, is at it again this time warning not just that Australia is headed for recession as early as next year but that house prices could fall by anywhere between 40 and 70%. While Keen's repeated forecasts have a habit of not quite playing out, the point ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... at its 2 August meeting after the CPI report - out on 27 July - confirms that inflation remains below target. US house prices The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that the average prices of single-family homes increased by 0.2% in the month ...