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What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... However, the first quarter of 2017 is not looking so good especially if the recent decline in exports persists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's trade surplus dropped by 61% to A$1.3 billion in January from A$3.3 ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
It was good. Nay, it was very good. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on company profits helped explain the latest jump in the NAB survey that showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 in January - the highest ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... Lowe's positive outlook on wages the day before. One that's been almost instantaneously contradicted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest estimates which showed total wages growth remained at a record low 1.8% in the year to the December ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... optimism". Inopportune perhaps for Gov Lowe's positive outlook on wage growth came on the same day that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest update on Australian wage growth... and it was weak. The good news is that wages grew ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... expectations one month and disappoint the next, or vice-versa. The seasonally-adjusted estimates for January of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report once again sparked divergent views on the true state of the domestic labour ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Bah, humbug! This appears to be the message from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on retail spending. The report showed that domestic retail sales fell by 0.1% in the month of December following a small 0.1% gain in the previous ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Australians, all, should we rejoice? A day before we celebrated Australia Day, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest update on the country's inflation. Overall consumer prices rose by 0.5% in the December quarter, easing from ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... for whom "volatility and capital losses play a far greater role in... retirement outcomes." It cited a 2014-15 Australian Bureau of Statistics survey which found that 8% of 45 to 49-year-olds and 18% of 55 to 59-year-olds had already retired, in many ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... from 3.5% in October. But I wonder whether Australians' increasing take-up of online shopping is skewing the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) traditional retail sales estimate. Retail spending is an important metric for the economy because it's ...