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Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures that showed the weighted average residential property price in Australia's eight ...

Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Hip, hip! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Business Indicators' report (released yesterday) eased growing concerns that tomorrow's National Accounts would show that the Australian economy weakened sharply - if not outright contracted -- in ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that total dwelling approvals increased by 4.4% in the month of April. While only partially reversing ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
There's not much indication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on property financing. While the number of total dwelling finance commitments continued to decline - down 0.5% in March after a 0.8% fall in February - their value ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... month - the fastest rate since March last year - suggesting strengthening in the labour market. Lastly, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on building permits should ease the RBA's concern over the financial stability threat from the housing ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... elephant, interpretations are often derived from which part of the animal you touched. Such is the case with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) elephant - the latest update on Australia's "International Trade in Goods and Services". The numbers ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... for everyone - hawks, doves and in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report confirms whatever bias you have on the outlook for interest rates ...

Super wealth reaches record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... wealth Australians hold in superannuation is climbing to a record high, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. At the end of December 2016, Australians held $2.6 trillion of household net worth in superannuation; up ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... second biggest Australian trade surplus on record, that is. Us, Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% to A$3.57 billion in February from ...