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Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... pessimism among Australian businesses and consumers as evidenced by the latest NAB Business survey and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. And of course, there was also the better-than-expected employment report. So it's all ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... mid-2018. Leading employment indicators - the ANZ job ads dropped by 10.4% in the year to September; the Westpac-Melbourne Institute 'unemployment expectations index' rose by 7.3% (year-on-year) to a reading of 131.8 in October - don't portend ...

Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... brought the official cash rate to 0.75% and the Morrison government's July tax rebate, the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey delivers a grim warning to us, Australians all. The consumer sentiment index fell from a reading ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... decelerate. Leading employment indicators - the ANZ job ads dropped by 11.4% in the year to August; the Westpac-Melbourne Institute 'unemployment expectations index' rose by 10.6% (year-on-year) to a reading of 133.6 in September - portend not ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey is case in point. Australian consumer sentiment declined by 1.7% in September to a reading of 98.2 ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... confidence improved from 2 in June to 4 in July (albeit still below its long-run average of 6). The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased by 3.6% to a reading of 100 - optimists level pegging with pessimists - in August from ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... job ads series suggests further weakening in job creation in the coming months. There's also the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index that showed unemployment expectations increased by a whopping 5.1% in June from the previous month ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... leading indicators and surveys of the Australian labour market point to a weakening trend. Although the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey showed improved consumer unemployment expectations in May, the employment index in the NAB ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... in December from 0 in November and +3 in October. This is consistent with the latest read from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment showing that pessimists outnumbered optimists in January 2019 - not a good omen for retail spending. ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... along with full-time employment, had been trending lower since August last year. The lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey that shows the "unemployment expectations index" rising to a reading of 123.6 in January from 121 ...