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Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... the economy was also moving in the right direction in 2017 - GDP growth strengthened from 1.8% in the year to the March quarter to 2.9% in the September quarter (we'll get the December quarter update later today); the unemployment rate improved from ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... capital expenditure (capex) continued to slow before registering outright negative year-on-year growth from the March quarter of 2013 to the June quarter of this year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update shows that Australian companies ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... than it was when she assumed office on the 3rd of February 2014. The US economy grew by 1.7% in the year to the March quarter of 2014. Sure there were bumps in the intervening years with year-on-year growth rising by as much as 3.8% (March quarter 2015) ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... improvement in household disposable income - its annual growth slowed from 3.2% in the December quarter and 2.1% in the March quarter to 2% in the June quarter - the least since the 1.8% recorded in the December 2009 quarter. If the lead from the latest ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... around US$66 per tonne FOB over the September and December quarters of 2017 to reach US$55 per tonne FOB in the March quarter 2018." Given latest iron ore pricing, the Budget appears to be safe (as far as its forecasts go). But the strengthening A$ -- ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... 'Household Income Account' report showed that the annual growth rate in gross disposable income slowed from 2.1% in the March quarter to a near eight-year low of 2% in the June quarter. The drag on consumer spending brought about by sluggish disposable ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... the fastest quarterly pace one quarter short of six years - for an annual growth rate of 3.7% - not seen since the March quarter of 2006. And while core inflation has remained unchanged at 0.9% in July, headline consumer prices have started to stir - ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... National Accounts report show GDP growth accelerated to 0.8% in the second quarter of this year from 0.3% in the March quarter. But back to the RBA's twin mandates - unemployment and inflation. Here too, there were no compelling reasons to justify an ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... (annualised) in the June quarter, faster than the preliminary estimate of 2.7%. The strongest growth rate since the March quarter of 2015 was due to stronger contributions from the components that matter most: personal consumption expenditure (contribution ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... profitability and therefore, business conditions and confidence. Growth in total wages remained at a record low 1.9% in the March quarter. But this isn't the problem for wages are still growing. The problem is real, growth in real wages (nominal wages ...