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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Australia business confidence Taken "right amidst the heightened uncertainty around the Brexit referendum, and ahead of the Australian Federal election," the National Australia Bank's (NAB) business survey showed business confidence rose to a higher ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... month, as an expansion in new business to its fastest pace since January this year was offset by a decline in business confidence to fresh record lows and easing jobs growth to 17-month lows....or improved a lot - the Institute of Supply Management's ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... is already reeling from uncertain developments in the global one. Uncertainties that would hit consumer and business confidence and undermine what was Australia's improving economic outlook. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets tomorrow to deliberate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... measure - the core PCE - remained unchanged and below target at 1.6%. Eurozone confidence Economic, consumer and business confidence in the Eurozone all weakened in June. Economic sentiment eased to a reading of 104.4 in June from 104.6 in May, disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... economic growth. Rising political uncertainty appears to have caused the pace of expansion to weaken slightly and business confidence about the outlook to deteriorate". "The second quarter is therefore likely to see economic growth slacken from the solid ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Australia business confidence "The RBA's cut to interest rates did not help lift business confidence as we had hoped, even as sales activity continues to improve." This was how National Australia Bank's (NAB) chief economist, Alan Oster interpreted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... of manufacturing index jumped 5.8 points to a reading of 53.2 in March while the same component in the NAB business confidence survey rose 4 points to a reading of 5 (the highest since mid-2011). Still, the official employment number showing a 26,100 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... dwellings (-15.4% in February from -4.2% in January) and dwelling construction (-1.9% from -2.8%). Australia business confidence The latest NAB business survey shows that Australian business conditions and confidence improved in March. Business conditions ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... dwellings (-15.4% in February from -4.2% in January) and dwelling construction (-1.9% from -2.8%). Australia business confidence The latest NAB business survey shows that Australian business conditions and confidence improved in March. Business conditions ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... stronger from its 2016 opening level. The rising Japanese yen highlights the BOJ's policy failure - in shoring up business confidence and lifting inflation expectations. No thanks to yen appreciation that hit exporters the hardest, the Bank of Japan's ...