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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in July - in line with market expectations - following a 0.2% gain in the previous month. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively while personal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... month of July, more than offsetting the declines registered in June (-4.7%) and May (-3.5%) driven by a 23.0% surge in "private sector dwellings excluding houses" over the month (more than offsetting the previous two months' fall of 5.5% (June) and 8.3% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value of private engineering construction decreased by 14.3% in the second quarter - the fastest rate of decline on record and the fourth consecutive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.1% in the year to the June quarter, unchanged from the first quarter. Both private and public sector wages remained steady at 2.0% and 2.4% in the year to the second quarter of this year. Mining posted the slowest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... second quarter. Domestic demand added 0.3 percentage point to second quarter growth, aided by a 0.2% quarterly increase in private consumption and a hefty 5.0% jump in private residential investment. However, private capital expenditure declined by 0.4% ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... (deteriorating); Funding and Liquidity (stable); Profitability and Efficiency (deteriorating); and External Support (stable). Private not public debt is Australia's problem Australia's favourite doom forecaster, Professor Steve Keen, is at it again this ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... equipment and services (-1.5%). The increase of 4.2% for medical and hospital services was driven by the annual increase in Private Health Insurance (PHI) premiums, which rise on 1 April every year. The increase of 5.9% for automotive fuel follows three ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... Joko Widodo has said he is open to relaxing regulation and adjusting Indonesian investment settings to encourage greater private sector involvement in national infrastructure projects, reports the Jakarta Post. President Widodo said globally between ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... OECD. But a sharp hike in the minimum wage (which 30% of the workforce receives) and social transfers in 2016 will boost private consumption, they said. However, the associated increase in labour costs, despite subsidies to alleviate them, will hurt ...

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MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... secretarial, investment management and general ledger. Its clients include all major accounting firms, law firms, many listed and private company groups, accountants, financial planners and many individual SMSF trustees.