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Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... are Markit's key findings: - Sentiment towards activity growth improves in all countries, bar India and Brazil - Global capex and hiring intentions climb since October - Cost pressures look set to intensify, notably in the eurozone, the UK and Brazil ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... dividends rather than re-investing in their businesses (and of course, raising pay packets). This is underscored by the Capex survey the ABS released last week. Actual new capex fell by 15.5% in the year to the December quarter following a 13.1% decline ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... it again...to me in this case. The statistician's report on "Private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure" (Capex) raises doubts over my own optimism with regards to wages - that would spark a virtuous circle of spending, profits, investments ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... order - deliver a budget surplus and lower the national debt - but with business investment continuing to contract (actual capex down 13.7% in the year to the September quarter; expected capex down 8.6%), it's an imperative for the government to do the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...

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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... of decline in four years - to A$59.3 billion - the lowest level in six years. This, along with last week's disappointing capex numbers - justifies the RBA's recent interest rate reduction and expectations for more. Likewise, while the better than expected ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Australia capex Private new capital expenditure declined by 5.2% in the March quarter, lower than the expected 3.0% fall and reversing the previous three-month period's 1.8% increase. Investment in buildings and structures dropped by 7.9% over the quarter ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... implication that those demands will be ongoing, are aimed at incentivising companies to drop their reluctance to raise wages and capex through dangling the prospect of inclusion in such indices in the future.

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS), "Estimate 1 for 2016-17 is $82,572m. This is 19.5% lower than Estimate 1 for 2015-16." Whoa! Capex expectations may have been affected by the time the survey was taken - around Jan/early Feb - the time of heightened volatility ...