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Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... remains 3.7% below 2018-19's full year actual capex of A$117,793 million. This is consistent with the latest NAB business survey that showed business conditions and confidence both rise in capex expectations could be linked to the recent NAB business ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... recent survey and eco data releases indicate that, we'll be right mate. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) Business survey shows business confidence improved from 2 in June to 4 in July (albeit still below its long-run average of 6). The Westpac/Melbourne ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... market is up, and there are positive whispers over a US-China trade deal. But we're not! A day after the NAB Business Survey showed a sharp drop in business confidence in June, Westpac's Consumer Sentiment Survey - conducted in the week of July ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... 1.4%. The annual growth in wages remained stuck at 2.3% over the past three quarters to March 2019. The latest NAB Business Survey - conducted from June 18 - 28 (two weeks after the RBA first took down rates from 1.5% to 1.25%) - provides no reason for ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... that showed unemployment expectations increased by a whopping 5.1% in June from the previous month and the NAB Business Survey that found that while"the employment index rose to its average level in the month [of May]," it "remains notably weaker than ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... good omen for business profitability - that, which drives stock market prices. This is captured by the latest NAB Business Survey that showed business conditions weakened in May due to big drops in trading conditions and profitability. While business ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... consumer confidence survey showed improved consumer unemployment expectations in May, the employment index in the NAB business survey dropped from a reading of +6 in March to -1 in April. Australian consumers can be as positive on the outlook of them ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... "The surveys indicate that quarterly eurozone GDP growth has slowed to just under 0.2%." "The persistence of the business survey weakness raises questions over the economy's ability to grow by more than 1% in 2019."

Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... continued their slowing trend. As an aside, the pick-up in business credit is inconsistent with the most recent NAB business survey that showed sharp decline in both business conditions and business confidence over the same month. Housing credit slowed ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... forced into a counter-offensive had been growing over the past few months. The latest instalment being the NAB Business survey that showed while business confidence remained unchanged at a reading of +3 in December 2018, it had been below its long-run ...