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Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... businesses picked up sharply jumping one third from 3.1% to 4.4%. This is consistent with the improvement in the NAB business conditions and business confidence survey for June. Even though housing remains the bigger credit component with 62% of total ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... up to 51.9 from 51.2. And just yesterday, we received more indications that Australia is travelling on course. The NAB business survey showed both business conditions and confidence improved in April. Business conditions rose to a nine-year high reading ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Boom conditions but waning confidence. This is the message from the latest NAB Business Survey report. The NAB's business conditions index soared by points to a reading of +14 in March, more than reversing the 3-point decline in the previous month. ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... February "give back" didn't come as a surprise either. NAB chief economist Alan Oster warned about this when the NAB Business Survey for January was released last month. "a degree of caution should still be exercised given the diverse and rapidly changing ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... business confidence provides positive indications going forward. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the NAB business survey for December - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence was flat - January's result showed ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... from the December survey - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence was flat - January's NAB business survey showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 - the highest since October 2007 -- while confidence ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Australia NAB business confidence The latest NAB business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term average. NAB ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... Bank's (NAB) chief economist, Alan Oster interpreted the bank's latest update on Australian business confidence. The NAB business confidence index fell to a reading of plus 3 in May from plus 5 in the previous month and plus 6 in March. The business ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Australia employment Lead indications from the AiG performance of manufacturing index and the NAB business survey pointed to a sharp improvement in Australian employment growth in March. The employment component of the AiG performance of manufacturing ...