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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Australia construction work done This will be a drag. A drag on Australian third quarter GDP that is. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the value of total construction work done fell by 4.9% in the September quarter following a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Australia building approvals New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the total number of dwelling units approved dropped by 8.7% over the month of September, less than market expectations for a 3.0% decline and follow a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Australia performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index bounced back into expansion territory with a reading of 50.9 in October after two months of contraction (below 50) - 46.9 in August 49.8 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... trade deficit narrowed by 5.0% to A$2.01 billion in August from A$2.12 billion in July (revised from A$2.41 billion), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show. This is better than market expectations for a A$2.3 billion trade gap and the lowest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the expected 0.2% increase ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... ads slowed to 3.7% last month - the slowest pace since June 2014 - from 8.0% in August. According to ANZ's head of Australian Economics, Felicity Emmett, "The fall is consistent with some loss of momentum in labour markets this year, and more recently ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... 49.8 reading indicates that factory activity remains in contraction. According to AiG, "The stabilisation in the Australian PMI in September was heavily influenced by activity in the food & beverages sub-sector which recovered after contracting in August. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Australian consumer sentiment Although marginal and less than market expectations, the 0.3% increase in the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment to 101.4 in September from 101.0 in the previous month indicates that optimists continue ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...