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Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Financial markets don't track the ADP private payrolls report as closely as they do the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment report but if ADP's estimate for February is any guide, the official US non-farm payrolls report (due out at the end ...

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 ...

China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... since May 2014, it remains below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Moreover, this isn't likely to last for according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), much of the increase in consumer prices in January was due to higher food and travel costs heading ...

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 ...

Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Millennials priced out of the Australian housing market should consider directing savings towards superannuation in order to generate similar returns to that of home ownership. Earlier this week research house Demographia labeled Sydney as the second ...