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Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
To say that you, I and Irene were surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... (ABS) - indicates continued expansion in capex spending going forward. This outlook is consistent with the NAB business survey that showed business conditions hit an all-tome record high in October and business confidence remaining above its long-term ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... Looking at this week's battery of Australian economic and survey releases, we're lost...or at least, I am. The NAB business survey shows that business conditions in October have never been higher since they started the survey way back 20 years ago, but ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... highest level since the monthly Survey commenced in 1997 (around 4 times the long-run average)." This is the opening line of the NAB Monthly Business Survey" report released yesterday. You read it right, Australian business conditions are the best they ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... a sharp jump in their concerns about being able to find "suitable labour". This is echoed by the AFR which printed that, a NAB survey "showed more companies are finding it more difficult to find suitable workers than at any time since the global financial ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The latest National Australia Bank Business (NAB) Survey shows while business conditions remain robust - rising from a reading of 14 in July to 15 in August (the highest level since January 2008) - confidence among businesses deteriorated significantly ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best levels since before the GFC (January 2008). But consumer moods are ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... for economic activity in the country, but not inflation which it expects "to pick up gradually as the economy strengthens." NAB's latest business survey shows Australian business conditions continued to improve strongly, up to a reading of 15 in July ...

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 ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... household sector that has been weighed down by limited wages growth and record levels of debt." These are the printed words of NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, contained in the just-released NAB monthly business survey for June. I concur that it's nothing ...