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Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... telling, the annual growth in retail spending slowed to 2.4% in May from 2.8% in April from 3.5% in March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also recently released its "Job Vacancies" report, telling us, Australians all, to forget asking for ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... record high], up from 85.03 million tonnes in April and 81.13 million tonnes in May a year ago, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed." China's steel mills production has increased by 10.0% in the year to May, while slower than ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
New research analysing Australian Bureau of Statistics microdata shows that more Australians are retiring owing money on their mortgage. The portion of homeowners between ages 55 and 64 that owe money on mortgages has tripled since 1990 - from 14% to ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May underscores ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... sure, domestic economic and survey indicators have been weakening in recent months. Foremost of which is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) recent update showing wage growth remains lacklustre. Private sector wages grew by 2.4% in the year ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... the current all-time bottom of 1.5% when its Board meets on the first Tuesday of June intensified after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) publication of 'Catalogue 6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, April 2019'. Australia's employment ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... assistance and education and training industries, as was the case in the previous March quarter." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Chief Economist Bruce Hockman take on the results of the Wage Price Index (WPI) report that showed wages ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... live a further 23.4 years from the age of 65. Using data from mortality research house Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau, KPMG is now anticipating a "lost decade" of life expectancy improvements between 2009 and 2019. Mortality assumptions remain ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... back on and could kill off the green shoots that have recently been sprouting in the Chinese economy. Both the National Bureau of Statistics' (official) and the Caixin PMI surveys show that the non-manufacturing sector (services) remains in expansion ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... There's no other option for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates soon and twice. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation slowed to 1.3% in the year to the March quarter ...