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Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... (Conference Board): "The Present Situation Index decreased from 120.3 last month to 112.1 in October, while the Expectations Index edged down to 88.0 from 90.8 in September. "Consumers were less positive in their assessment of present-day conditions ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... stage. While markets don't anticipate any rate cut at the RBA's May meeting, the Credit Suisse interest rate expectations index says that they now expect not one but two 25 bps nips at the official cash rate before the year is over from none to even ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... indicators were coming in better than expected, weren't they?) - from 61.3 in the previous month. More telling, the expectations index soared to 83.7 from 71.1 in August. And why not? Apart from the unlimited money print and because of it, US house prices ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... that a large jump in the expectations component accounted for the sharp improvement in the headline index. The Expectations Index rose to 72.3 in May from 51.0 in April. And why not? US consumers see both business conditions and their employment outlook ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... prospects is quite pessimistic and suggests further weakening may be on the horizon." Confidence is so low that The Expectations Index, an index that measures perceptions of when things will improve, is now at a 35-year low. These are levels not seen ...

Australian business increasingly bullish on 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... negative territory to an 11-year low of minus three per cent - 17 points below today's figure." The employment expectations index, at 14, represented 26 per cent expecting an increase in staff and 12 per cent a reduction. "The profits outlook is also ...
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