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Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... from sluggish wages growth. Hourly labour costs in the single currency area eased to 1.6% in the year to the September quarter from 1.8% in the previous period. This is supported by a similar deceleration in wages and salaries per hour worked to 1.6% ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... Budget - still looks optimistic given current indications (the wage price index grew by 2.0% in the year to the September quarter from 1.9% in the previous period). The MYEFO expects wages to grow by 2.25% in FY2017-18 (down from 2.5% in May) and by ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... haven't been getting since the global financial crisis - around 4.0% wage growth pre-GFC and 2.0% as at the September quarter. But note Alan's statement that "wage costs are impacting confidence". The November survey showed business confidence fell to ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... better. Year-on-year GDP growth rates in the US, the Eurozone, Japan, the UK and India all accelerated in the September quarter from the previous one. China's GDP remained unchanged at 6.9% over the same period but his is more by design and above the ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... with actual private new capital expenditure recording the first positive year-on-year reading - up 2.3% in the September quarter - after 16 straight quarters of decline. Actual spending on buildings & structures increased by 2.4% in the year to September ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... consumption contributed more than half (1.62 percentage points) to the economy's 3.0% annualised growth rate in the September quarter. There were also positive contributions from business investment (0.25) and net exports (0.41) but government spending ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... show that the cycle has stalled at best. Preliminary estimates show Japanese GDP growth slowed to 0.3% in the September quarter - half of the 0.6% expansion recorded in the previous three-month period. No big deal for this is in line with market expectations. ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... for a 2,300 increase. This helps explain, as well as presage, the country's low unemployment rate (4.3% in the September quarter).... and back to trade. The country's trade deficit narrowed to £2.75bn in September from £3.46bn in the previous month ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... continue to play Mr. & Mrs. Scrooge. Wages growth accelerated an eensie-weensie bit to 2.0% in the year to the September quarter after languishing at the record low 1.9% over the past four quarters. Good but... Bah, humbug! This is less than market expectations ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... surprises here, especially when you consider the wages report that's also just been released. Wages growth in the September quarter - as measured by the wage price index - disappointed market expectations, recording no acceleration from the 0.5% quarterly ...