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RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... the housing market - have been coming in on the weak side of expectations. Only yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that retail sales fell by 0.1% in February, far below expectations for a 0.3% gain and making ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... would lift prices but encourage the return of oil producers which would again lift oil supply and dampen prices. Recent statistics from Baker and Hughes -- an American industrial service company and one of the world's largest oil field services companies ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... months yet more than 50% have moved to more defensive asset allocations amid continuing market volatility, the latest statistics from AMP Capital show. AMP Capital's Black Sky Report shows SMSF trustees expect a 10.9% return on their portfolio this year ...

Finance and insurance job market strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... and insurance professionals is forecast to grow in 2017. Based on the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the finance and insurance sector added 850 roles between November 2016 and February 2017. The finance sector represents about ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Markets received their regular does of adrenalin again yesterday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest stats on the country's labour market. The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February ...

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
... 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 billion in the previous ...

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
... 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 2016 ...