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Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The US labour market continues to get betterer and betterer. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.37 million in August - in line with market expectations and marked the fourth straight month of increase ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... run. Not that we need to be informed - we were already feeling it deep right through our bone marrows - but the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest National Accounts report made it official, Australia is in recession! Australian economic ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... towards future growth as well as, itself, being a driving component of that growth. So it was surprising when the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, June 2020' report ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... general manager of marketing and communications, based in Melbourne. She had previously worked with the Tasmanian Convention Bureau as its marketing manager for nine years, having worked in a similar marketing role with the Melbourne Tourism Authority ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
There's good news and bad news in the US labour market report for July. First, the good news: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... coronavirus that's still doing its rounds around the world and... assuming that that 9.5% is the number by which the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) normally and traditionally reports the economy's scorecard - annualising the quarter on ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... manufacturing, services - have returned to expansion in May and strengthened even more in June. More recently, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data showing that profits at the country's industrial firms jumped by 11.5% in ...

Stimulus stutters amid record unemployment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... numbers were released. Unemployment has now hit 7.4%, the highest it has been in two decades, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). There were 210,000 jobs gained in the period but these were mostly driven by an increase in part-time ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... around a quarter of national output. You too, Virginia, would be exclaiming the hallelujah when you see the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report, the details of which all point to a "fight back". The economy added ...