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Year of the Rooster deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... in 2016. This was the first monthly trade deficit recorded since February 2014 as surging imports compounded a fall in exports. Exports fell by 1.3% in the year to February after jumping by 7.9% in the previous month and disappointing market expectations ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... continuing its transition following the end of the mining investment boom, expanding by around 21/2 per cent in 2016. Exports have risen strongly and non-mining business investment has risen over the past year." And for the outlook, "The outlook continues ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... investment. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following the completion of new facilities will continue to boost exports. Employment growth in non-mining activities will bring further declines in the rate of unemployment and support aggregate ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Along with household consumption, exports were the biggest contributor - both adding 0.5 percentage point -- to Australia's faster-than-expected 1.1% expansion in the fourth quarter of last year (expectations were for a 0.7% gain), that took the annual ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... includes the shift in Chinese New Year to January this year)". That could be the case given the declines in new orders and exports contained in the survey. New orders fell to a reading of 2 in January from 5 in the previous month while exports decreased ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... slowing growth (0.6% in Q1, 0.4% in Q2, 0.3% in Q3 and 0.2% in Q4). As had been the case in the previous quarter, net exports contributed the most to growth, adding 0.2 percentage point to Q4 GDP. It added 0.3 percentage point in Q3. Not surprising ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... policies would have a direct bearing on the outlook for Australia's economy and its capital markets. While Australian exports to the US accounts for only 5% of total exports, its five biggest export markets have America as their major export market. ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... US$45.7 billion and less than market expectations for a US$45.0 billion deficit as the US shipped more than it bought. Exports jumped by 2.7% to US$190.7 billion - the highest amount since April 2015 and the fastest monthly increase since September 2012 ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... economic growth to be around 3% over the next couple of years. Growth will be boosted by further increases in resource exports and by the period of declining mining investment coming to an end. Consumption growth is expected to pick up from recent outcomes ...

India looking good in Trump's world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... from the trade policies of the Trump administration. Where the economies of China and other Asian nations are driven by exports, India's is primarily fuelled by domestic consumption - equal to 60% of its total GDP. The economic mix, Siva said, makes ...