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Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... for me, the Morrison government has spent our money wisely. The government's tax incentives have driven business confidence and conditions to record highs. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business survey showed business conditions jumped ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... in the previous month, driven by continued improvement to record highs in the index's sub-components. Business confidence surged to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above long-term average readings of 17 in March and 19 in Feb ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... reading of 32 in April - bettering what was then the record high score of 24 in the previous month - with business confidence surging to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above long-term average readings of 17 in March and 19 in Feb ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Employment rose to 22 in April from 15 in March and 10 in April. With business conditions like these, the jump in business confidence hardly comes as a surprise. Business confidence surged to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... will show some weakening in the domestic labour market but it would be slight given the elevated levels of business confidence and conditions. Business conditions in Australia jumped from a reading of +17 in February to +25 in March. This is the highest ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... points to +16). "The strength in conditions is evident across all states and industries," according to NAB. Business confidence slipped by 3 points to a reading of +15 in March from the previous month but remains at elevated levels and way above its ...

Chief economist update: RBA promises support over the next three years

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... with above-trend growth this year and next" is affirmed by recent indicators - employment and consumer and business confidence, among others - and upgrades to the domestic economy's growth outlook by international agencies. The IMF's 'World ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... keep on turning. For not only is the strong recovery in Australia's job markets boosting consumer and business confidence, it's also providing a positive impact on the government budget in terms of higher income taxes - personal and business ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... policies continue to push economic momentum forward. How good is that? Well, it's so good that Australian business confidence remain on the up and up. The NAB business confidence index rose to an 11-month high of +16 in February, "with all states ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... the vaccine reached Australian shores - was that both business and consumer confidence were back. The NAB business confidence index jumped by five percentage points to a reading of +10 in January - above its long-run average of +6 and despite lower than ...