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Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... quarter, up from 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter. Public servants' annual pay growth decelerated to 2.4% in the March quarter from 2.5% - down again from 2.6%, in the fourth and third quarters of last year, respectively. This doesn't bode well ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... annualised growth rate measure shows the same "moderate expanding trend". GDP growth strengthened to 2.1% in the March quarter from 1.6% and negative 2.5% in the preceding two quarters, respectively. Year-on-year, the economy expanded by 0.8% from 0.2% ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... assumed the "iron ore spot price falling over the year to reach US$55 per tonne free-on-board (FOB) by the end of the March quarter 2020". Iron ore prices have rallied by 39.2% to US$96.34/MT this year to date and London research firm Liberium forecast ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries, as was the case in the previous March quarter." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Chief Economist Bruce Hockman take on the results of the Wage Price Index ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... manufacturers dropped by seven points - the biggest decline since December 2012 - to a two-year low reading of 12 in the March quarter from 19 in the December 2018 quarter. According to a BOJ official: "Many manufacturers said they grew concerned over ...

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... economy to grow by around 23-24% in 2019 and 2020." At the same time, the RBA admitted: "The inflation data for the March quarter were noticeably lower than expected and suggest subdued inflationary pressures across much of the economy"; lowering its ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... 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 December 2018 quarter. This missed market expectations for an already sharp slowdown to 1.5%. A similar trend ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... recovered after Royal Commission related weakness. The most recent data shows the index fell by 0.4% overall in the March quarter, but rose 0.3% on an annual basis. Sunsuper said while the market has softened, jobs demand is still at a historically high ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... manufacturers dropped by 7 points - the biggest decline since December 2012 - to a two-year low reading of 12 in the March quarter from 19 in the December 2018 quarter. According to a BOJ official, "Many manufacturers said they grew concerned over the ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... inflation (average of trimmed mean and weighted median measures) had been below the RBA's inflation target since the March quarter of 2016. Sure, the economy has made great strides with regards to the labour market - the unemployment rate at 5% is ...