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Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... year to date to 5,959.88 points. This is the best level since it reached 5,982.69 points back on 27 April 2015. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) explained the rally as due to "strong trade and buildings approval data". Fair enough. Latest data showed ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... expansion - the 12th straight month and the longest run of above 50 readings since 2007. According to AiG: "The Australian PMI is currently leading the ABS manufacturing output data by about three months. The latest ABS estimate of manufacturing output ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Australian economic and survey data released over the past 24 hours provide further credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) optimism over the economic outlook and at the same time afford federal treasurer ScoMo the right to give Moody's recent ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Papers 2017-18 at approximately 7.30pm (AEST) on Tuesday 9 May 2017. Some Budget measures have already been leaked - the Australian Financial Review (AFR) provides a succinct list in its article headlined " Budget 2017: What we know so far " others we'll ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... operate in a vacuum, odds will change depending on changes in growth and inflation fundamentals. Fresh data from the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) manufacturing survey suggest strengthening momentum in activity and prices that, if maintained, would ...

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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Australia employment 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 5.7% in November, the highest rate since August this year and was more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... stocks (47.0 from 41.7) and sales (48.1 from 51.1) contracted. AiG noted in its report that, "Some respondents to the Australian PSI noted that the US Federal election was a dampening influence on Australian business confidence in November. For others ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...