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Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... mounting consensus expectations for at least one interest rate cut this year after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) good news on the country's unemployment rate - it dropped to an eight-year low of 4.9% in February from 5% in the previous ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Australia's agricultural sector at 12%, driven by an increase in livestock disposals (up 14%) and total value of crops (up 11%). ABS director of environment and agriculture statistics Lauren Binns said the growth had again been driven by increases in ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... 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 A$1.5 billion ...

SMSF trustees remain prudent investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... self-managed super are maintaining solid investment performance and managing portfolio diversification well. SMSF Association head of technical Peter Hogan said ATO statistics show that in four of the eight years from 2007 to 2014, SMSF returns outperformed ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... seasonal conditions across much of the country, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The growth in the value of Australia's agricultural production was largely driven by an increase in the gross value of livestock ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September's retail trade figures and international trade in goods and services data. The ABS is due to announce its revised methodology for working out the seasonal adjustment of the jobs figures. Also due out ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... to live without you (them)". Keep watching those economic data. All of 'em except for the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report which, after taking pains to explain that the outsized 121K increased in August employment was correct ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Dec 2013" released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday also point to the same thing - most Australian businesses are cutting back on their capital expenditure, that ...

Fear not the fugly jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... price index futures contract was up 26 points at 4,154. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release dwelling unit commencements for the March quarter and its international merchandise imports for May data. ...