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Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... option for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates soon and twice. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation slowed to 1.3% in the year to the March quarter from 1.8% in the ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... mounting consensus expectations for at least one interest rate cut this year after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) good news on the country's unemployment rate - it dropped to an eight-year low of 4.9% in February from 5% in the previous ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
Australia's 27-year-old track record of avoiding recession is coming to an end as yesterday's ABS numbers show the economy is already in effective recession, according to the University of New South Wales. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
The Australian economy has slowed - big time. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed that GDP grew by a mere 0.2% in the December 2018 quarter from 0.3% in the previous three-month period, taking the annual growth ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... it's looking dicey. His revised forecast (from no change this year) came just after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its "Labour Force, Australia" report that showed: Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected 39,100 in the ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... the latest update on Australian wages compels the RBA to provide some policy support. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that wages growth remained unchanged at 2.3% in the year to the December quarter from the previous one. Taken to ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... They're also more conscious about drinking alcohol to excess and should eat fruit salad. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said sausages and lamb chops have seen price increases, in real terms, by 41% and 36% respectively over the last two ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Pop that cork! Roll out the barrels... the barrels of fun! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tracking of the labour market shows that we've got jobs and they're multiplying. Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... tighter lending restrictions are already showing up in building approvals. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), total dwelling units approved plunged by 32.8% in the year to November 2018 for its fifth straight month of decline - approvals ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... expectations plain and simple and the reason why economists doubted yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on Housing Finance. It showed the total value of dwelling commitments rose by 2.6% in October - owner-occupied up 3.5% ...