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Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... Budget reveal. The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance indices provide a snapshot of the country's manufacturing, services and construction sectors in the month of September. Manufacturing continued to weaken - down to a reading of ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... resources" for job creation, training and skills, lower energy prices, infrastructure, government purchasing and manufacturing and construction. "This is about joining-up the needs of our economy now - with training opportunities for the future. We have ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... index dropped back to a three-month low reading of 50.1 in September - the second consecutive month of decline. Manufacturing activity continued to expand - 53.7 in September from 51.7 in August - due to a strong increase in new orders as export markets ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... Acceleration of 5G to conduct commercial trials and testbeds in sectors such as agriculture, mining, logistics and manufacturing ($29.2m); Expansion of Australian Small Business Advisory Service digital solutions ($22.2m); Establishment of a new regulatory ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... speech at the National Press Club on the October 1, "Great Scott" unveiled an A$1.5 billion initiative to boost the manufacturing sector, identifying six industries for priority investment: space, defence, food and beverage manufacturing, medical products ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... the first. Recent stats indicate the economy continuing to move onwards and upwards. The country's official manufacturing PMI rose to a reading of 51.5 in September from 51.0 in the previous month, for its seventh straight month of expansion since ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... index dropped back to a three-month low reading of 50.1 in September - the second consecutive month of decline. Manufacturing activity continued to expand - 53.7 in September from 51.7 in August - due to a strong increase in new orders as export markets ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... has sequentially improved from a record low reading of 25.8 in April this year to a six-month high of 45.2. The manufacturing PMI has risen to 27.2 in August from an 11-year low of 38.4 in May while the services PMI stood at 45.0 in August from a record ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... underscored by the continuing recovery in the JP Morgan Global Composite PMI - the survey tracks a total of 27,000 manufacturing and services companies, in over 40 countries that account "for 89% of global gross domestic product (GDP)". The latest reading ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... education and health services (147,000), transportation and warehousing (78,000), financial services (36,000) and manufacturing (29,000). Even better, the US unemployment had dropped back to single-digits, down to 8.4% in August from 10.2 in the previous ...