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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... and public investment added 0.7 percentage points. Also providing positive contributions to growth were household consumption (0.2 pp) and exporst (0.3 pp). Business investment and imports subtracted 0.6 pp and 0.5 pp from June quarter growth, respectively. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... estimate 2. Australia retail sales While there's a glimmer of hope in the capex stats, concerns over weakening household consumption are growing. Latest data from the ABS shows no growth in retail spending in the month of July, down from the paltry 0.1% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... June quarter from 6.8% in the first quarter. The fastest growth rate since June 2013 was due to increased household consumption, government spending and capital investment. Growth in household consumption accelerated to 7.3% in the year to June (from ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... coupled with pent-up underlying demand, have been encouraging growth in dwelling investment for some time, and household consumption growth has strengthened. And while resources investment is still falling, resource export volumes keep rising as new ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... (42.9 from 42.8) while the index for "income growth" was unchanged at 40.8. Although this is good news for household consumption, we'll have to see if this single month improvement in confidence continues in the following months. Here, PM Abe's (final?) ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... up to 3.0% in the fourth quarter instead - the fastest pace in nearly two years - from 2.7% in the third. Household consumption provided the biggest contribution to growth (0.4 percentage point) to fourth quarter real GDP growth, offsetting the 0.4 pps ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... "However, the structural shift into lower-paid jobs will continue to weigh on wages and through that, on household consumption, which remains the largest component of GDP." Against that backdrop the investment specialist said the RBA is unlikely to raise ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... September. Thanks to the 1.5 percentage point contribution from net exports (exports minus imports) and household consumption's 0.4 pp add (up from 0.3 pp contribution in the second quarter). GDP is not made up of business investments alone. Economics ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... spending - consumption contributed 0.4pp and investment added another 0.2pp. Without it, the 0.3pp add from household consumption (and the 0.2pp from "statistical discrepancy") wouldn't be enough to save Australia from a negative GDP quarter (minus 0.4% ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Similarly, reforms to facilitate 'rebalancing' of the economy's demand structure from investment towards household consumption may not be sufficient, on their own, to prevent a decline in potential growth. However, it is likely that such a rebalancing ...