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Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... Recession." The fire of interest rate hike speculation would burn even more brightly should Wednesday's Australian National Accounts paint a rosier picture than what financial markets anticipate. Consensus expects Australian real GDP to post a 0.7 per ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its National Accounts report showing the economy rebounded by 0.4 per cent in the March quarter. According to some media headlines this was a 'shock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... contract was 16 points higher at 3,976. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) national accounts data for March quarter will be released. Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian performance of services ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... with interest rates. Given these positive indications, chances are it would do nothing. What about tomorrow's National Accounts report expected to confirm Australia's fall into technical recession? There will be many who will be tempted to spin and interpret ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... could prove rewarding for investors who decide to stay. Not least of which is the now well-sliced and diced US National Accounts that showed the return of the American consumer in the March quarter. And before this, strengthening economic indicators ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... consecutive quarters in 35 years (1974-1975). But the good in the bad news prevailed. The details of the US National Accounts show that consumer spending - which accounts for approximately 70 per cent of the economy - rose at an annual rate of 2.2 per ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... economies shrink by the same magnitude. But is it really that bad for Australia? I went back to the Australian National Accounts and found that in the year to December 2008, Australians' real household disposable jumped 9.7 per cent - the strongest annual ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... institutions some of which collapsed soon after. Enough said. Drop in business inventories. Yes this will affect the National Accounts and would certainly detract from fourth quarter GDP growth - some say by around 1 percentage point - which immediately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... silver, copper and oil were higher overnight. Attention will be on the release of Australia's December quarter national accounts, which provide the key measure of economic growth. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... quarter-on-quarter fall since the first quarter of 1982 when the economy plunged by 6.4 per cent. The details of the US National Accounts showed that nearly all sectors of the economy have contracted. The one piece of positive news, I'm sure you've all ...