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Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... conditions will fall further as more businesses are impacted". This is compounded by the equally sharp drop in consumer confidence and its implication for consumer spending, and by extension, business conditions and confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... retail sales declined by 2.3% in the year to February following a 1.8% increase in the previous month. Plunging consumer confidence suggests continued falls in consumer spending. South Korea's Composite Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to an 11-year ...

Economic impact worst since WWII: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... through parliament this week - has provided certainty to many Australians, with the firm's first ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating taken since the announcement showing a record bounce in the index of 6.6 points to 71.9, up from a record low of ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... restore optimism... or more bluntly, prevent further drops in sentiment - household, business and investor. Consumer confidence dropped by five points - the largest on record - to -11.6 in March from -6.6 in the previous month. The IHS/Markit Eurozone ...

Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... last week, will soften the impact of the coronavirus on the Australian economy and help boost business and consumer confidence. However, KPMG's chief economist Brendan Rynne said COVID-19 will still materially impact both Australia and the global ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... coronaphobia. The extent of coronaphobia could be discern from the Westpac/Melbourne Institute's latest survey of consumer confidence - the index dropped by 3.8% to a reading of 91.9 in March - the lowest in five years and the second lowest since ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... in the coming year. So too, do weak credit growth, the end of a real estate cycle, and dwindling trade and consumer confidence levels, point to a slowdown in Chinese economic growth, Green said. He argued there was little the Chinese government could ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... profits decline that, in turn, lead to freezes pay hikes and/or hiring before a roundtrip back to declines in consumer confidence and spending. Perhaps, the RBA's three rate reductions last year have yet to filter through into the general economy ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... governor Philip Lowe has rejected concerns that the bank's decision to cut interest rates last year dented consumer confidence and impacted weak consumer growth. Speaking at the National Press Club, Lowe said that while he understands having rates at ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... reduction failed to lift sentiment enough to lift the index above 100 -- or where optimists outnumber pessimists. Consumer confidence influences households' inclination to spend, save and borrow. Further RBA rate reductions is a double-edge sword ...