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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... to 113.6 but not before rising to a 17-year of 116.5 in the previous month. It's the same narrative for the expectations index - down to 87.6 from October's 13-year high reading of 90.5. And so they should. There's jobs galore - at 4.1% in October, the ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... 118.5). The "current conditions index" increased to 103.3 in October from 100.7 in the previous month while the expectations index improved to 100.1 this month from 96.0 in September. Westpac chief economist Bill Evans explains the surveys latest results ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... negatively than in June." Sentiment on jobs may have improved but this month's survey showed the unemployment expectations index rising from 132.5 in August to 133.6 - indicating expectations for higher unemployment - which is above its long-term average ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... consumer sentiment index - up to 121.1 in July from 117.3 in June. More encouraging was the rise in the consumer expectations index to 103.3 from the five-month low reading of 99.6. This suggests that the increase in business inventories (also released ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... consumer prices and is the lowest rate since October 2015. If the University of Michigan's consumer inflation expectations index is any guide, further easing in inflation is in store, Inflation expectations over the next five years fell to 2.3% in May ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... the continued bump in property prices and expectations for further gains. The WBC-Melbourne Institute "house expectations index" jumped by 2.2% in March from February and by 26.7% from a year earlier. RBA Assistant Governor (Financial System) Michele ...

Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... export orders rose at their fastest pace in over a year - gains in employment and the newly-launched "business expectations index" hitting a 44-month high This obviously is a function of improved growth in its trading partners and the yen's depreciation. ...

Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... export orders rose at their fastest pace in over a year - gains in employment and the newly-launched "business expectations index" hitting a 44-month high. Inflation is also improving with Markit noting in its report that input prices increased at a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... October. The current conditions index jumped to 107.3 in November from 103.2 in the previous month and the expectations index soared to a reading of 85.2 from 76.6 in October. When the Fed lifted interest rates in December last year, the University of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... has been sustained. Certainly there was a 4.4% lift following the change of Prime Minister a year ago but the Expectations Index has lifted a further 5.2% since last October". Further, "the largest average boost of the components has been the outlook ...