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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 ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... sharp reversal from the second quarter's 1.7% increase and a sharp downturn from the strong 4.2% gain in the March quarter. There's nothing to sing Christmas carols about the report. The Grinch is stealing Christmas. But hold your horses. The ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... indicates that Australia is in a good place. GDP accelerated to 3.4% in the year to the second quarter (from 3.1% in the March quarter) and the Final Budget Outcome report showed that the country's budget deficit dwindled to $10.1 billion (-0.6% ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... New Zealand's economic growth has lifted in the June quarter - to a quarterly rate of 1.0% from 0.5% in the March quarter; 2.8% year-on-year from 2.6% in the first quarter - governor Orr believes that "downside risks to the growth outlook remain" ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... last outing in July, the Eurozone's economic growth has slowed to 2.1% in the June quarter from 2.4% in the March quarter." However, ECB President Mario Draghi has already pencilled this in. In his July Q&A, Draghi admitted that growth has moderated ...