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| | | Australia sales of new motor vehicles Total new car sales decreased by 1.3% to 98,062 units in July following a 3.5% increase in the previous month driven by a 5.2% drop in passenger vehicles that negated increases in sales of sports utility vehicles ... |
| | | | Empire State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While ... |
| | | | Australia consumer inflationary expectations If it's anything to go by, the latest result from the Melbourne Institute's survey of consumer inflationary expectations, along with the resurgence in the Australian dollar, would strengthen speculation for ... |
| | | | Australian consumer confidence The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rebounded by 2.0% in August after declining by 3.0% in July. More importantly, at a reading of 101.4, optimists outnumbered pessimists this month. Not surprisingly ... |
| | | | Australia business confidence Brexit and the close 2 July Australian Federal elections dented Australian business sentiment as could be expected, but only just. The National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence index eased to a reading of plus 4 ... |
| | | | ANZ job ads The "increased uncertainty following the close federal election on July 2 and the shock decision by the UK to leave the European Union on June 24" is how ANZ's head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett explained the sharp 0.8% drop in ... |
| | | | Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut Australia's banks are being heavily criticised for not passing on the full effect of this week's rate cut to consumers in lower mortgage rates. But with almost 60% of bank funding coming ... |
| | | | Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ... |
| | | | FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ... |
| | | | Centenarians our fastest growing age group In the US the number of people making it to 100 years of age is growing so rapidly that by 2050 it is estimated there could be as many as 1 million centenarians, up 100% on current numbers. In Japan the number ... |
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