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Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... heading of Markit Economics' PMI report for October speaks for itself: "Business growth slowest for over two years, optimism hits four-year low" And its key findings make for grim reading: Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 52.7 (54.1 in ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... working its way into the US economy, lifting consumers' disposable income that is generating a virtuous cycle of optimism, even greater spending, jobs and growth. Speaking of optimism, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index remains at ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... first half of this year following the Italian elections - haven't returned. This is good news supports Draghi's optimism with regards to a compromise deal being reached by Rome and Brussels. As they should. A look back at the experience of the ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. But the optimism generated by all these yakety yaks would prove transient at best without concrete action and, more significantly, measures to ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... the labour market." Fear not (or fear only little) for the writing on the trend estimates' wall is also caused for optimism. The trend estimates show that total employment continued to grow - up by 26,400 workers in September following the addition ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... DLT. It will be one of the first major exchanges in the world to move to a DLT platform, Tsen adds. Despite the general optimism, Lusty is adamant the technology needs to mature before the fruits of its potential are truly realised. So far, Australian ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... private-sector output; 98% of firms exporting goods; and, and 33% of exporting value. Citing the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (he would have seen the May index - 107.8), Trump said small business owners were "the most optimistic in history." Of ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... point. Wages growth remains tepid and this is cycling and re-cycling on the overall economy through reduced consumer optimism, weak consumer spending, weak pricing power (low inflation) and so on and so forth. Low inflation, in turn, provides no impetus ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... was mainly due to the increase in the participation rate from 65.5% in May to 65.7% in June, reflecting workers' optimism over their job prospects. However, the volatility of the monthly changes in the seasonally adjusted measure of employment provides ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... slipped closer to stagnation. Concerns about international trade were also a factor underlying a drop-off in business optimism to a 19-month low." "Price pressures increased again in June, with both input costs and output charges rising at faster rates. ...