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Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... May's final reading of 48.8 in May and 51.0 in April. "New orders also reduced for the second successive month, and at the fastest pace since February. Panel members commonly associated disruption to operating conditions to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions ...

JANA hires from Mercer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... experience, capability and culture to our fast-growing not-for-profit team." JANA's NFP division is one of the firm's fastest-growing client groups, comprising close to half of its clients by number. New JANA clients in the NFP space include Queensland-based ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... While the one-year growth rate was behind many nations, the six month growth rate in prices of 8.7% constituted the fourth fastest growing market globally. "One year on, Australia's residential market has proved particularly resilient despite a global ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. 'twas the same this month, US employment disappointed. Only ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... 2021 quarter and 3.6% higher from a year before - the first year-on-year increase sine the June quarter of 2018 and the fastest since the September quarter of 2017. Australian businesses - big and small - have every reason to be confident because Australian ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... week between May and August, from £4.4 billion based on revised estimates for GDP growth to expand by 7.25% -- the fastest rate since World War II - this year from the February 2021 estimate of 5.0% and for the unemployment rate to peak at 5.5% later ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... and increased employment costs. The overall rate of inflation reached a survey peak." "Prices charged also rose at the fastest pace on record as companies sought to protect their margins by passing on to their clients part of the additional cost burden." ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... price pressures for goods recorded by the survey and rising prices for services." In the UK: "May data pointed to the fastest increase in average cost burdens across the UK private sector since August 2008. Manufacturers mostly commented on price pressures ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. Core inflation (all items less food and energy) rose by 0.9% in ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. Core inflation (all items less food and energy) rose by 0.9% in ...