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Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Australian economy remains ominous, if not outright disastrous. Indicators released this week - retail sales, business confidence and conditions, consumer sentiment, lending to households and businesses - all but confirm the weakening trend in the domestic ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... been growing over the past few months. The latest instalment being the NAB Business survey that showed while business confidence remained unchanged at a reading of +3 in December 2018, it had been below its long-run average (+6) over the past three months. ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... Group to comment that: "Overall, expansion across the manufacturing sector was still weak. Production and business confidence continued to cool despite stable demand. The pressure on production costs didn't ease. China's economy has not seen ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... jobless rate. The risk is that the unemployment rate continues to climb. This is because while New Zealand business confidence has improved, it remains in deep negative (-38.3 in September) and followed August's decade-low reading of -50.3. This ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... Treasurer Scott Morrison) in the dying days of August may have played a part in the drop in the recent drop in business confidence. The NAB monthly business survey revealed that Australian business confidence fell from a reading of +7 in July to a two-year ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... previous quarter ended five straight quarters of falling jobless rate. The sharp and sequential erosion in business confidence since January this year (-19 reading) to a nine month low -44.9 in July suggests continued upward movement in the unemployment ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... previous month. This is the lowest reading in exactly one year and marks the second straight month of decreasing business confidence. Japanese manufacturers' trepidation over the potential escalation of the trade war is clearly palpable in their ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... corporate profits higher. This is underscored by the NAB business survey released in early May that showed business confidence rose by two points to a reading of +10 in April (above the long run average of +6) and business conditions increased by six ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... previous quarter, but with wages growth stalling (1.8% year-on-year over the past three quarters to March) and business confidence remaining in the negative over the past seven months and falling (down to a reading of minus 23.4% in April from minus ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... February 2018 - when the financial markets were in upheaval - the NAB business survey showed that Australian business confidence dipped by just 2 points to a reading of +9 in February that remained above its long-term average of +6. Even better, Australian ...