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Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... prices continued to stumble - down 1.5% -- in the December quarter compared with two (Darwin and Perth) in the September quarter, along with the slowing in price growth in Brisbane and Canberra. The weighted average of residential prices in Australia's ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... Eurozone's Labour Cost Index increased by 1.6% in the year to the December quarter, accelerating from 1.4% in the September quarter and 1.0% in June quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, the latest figure is the fastest annual rate ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... contrary, the economy even strengthened. UK GDP expanded by 2.0% in the year to the December quarter, equal to the September quarter and stronger than June's 1.7% and March's 1.6% year-on-year growth rate. The country's unemployment rate has dropped ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... risk of price correction". ABS figures show that house prices have continued rising since - 196% up from the September quarter of 2003 to the September quarter of 2016. Property prices could fall one day but not until interest rates increase significantly ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... last week. Actual new capex fell by 15.5% in the year to the December quarter following a 13.1% decline in the September quarter and marking a full four years of contraction. And as per the ABS, "Estimate 1 for 2017-18 is $80,625m. This is 3.9% lower ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... Through the year to the December 2016 quarter, actual new capex fell by 15.5% following a 13.1% decline in the September quarter and marking a full four years of contraction. It's tempting to again discount the latest investment stats as "old news" ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... unchanged from the previous quarter. The annual growth in private sector wages slowed to 1.8% from 1.9% in the September quarter while public sector wages growth remained at 2.3%. They remained the lowest on record with overall wages growth on a trend ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... continuing its transition following the end of the mining investment boom. GDP was weaker than expected in the September quarter, largely reflecting temporary factors. A return to reasonable growth is expected in the December quarter. And for the outlook ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... strong trade results - confirmed earlier views that Australia isn't heading for a technical recession (i.e., the September quarter's 0.5% contraction wouldn't be followed by another). Retail turnover volume expanded by 0.9% in the December quarter after ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... rate since the March quarter of last year. This took the year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's 1.6%. Similarly, headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.8% in the year to January from 1.1% ...