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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... both rising by 1.6%. Residential property prices in Adelaide and Perth rose by 0.9% and 0.5%, respectively. Value of Australian farm production rises to $54 billion The total value of Australia's agricultural production increased by 5.4% to $54 billion ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... fetching around US$0.7350 - after appreciating from US$0.7175 to US$0.7295 after the National Statistician released the Australian economy's scorecard that showed much higher growth than expected in the last quarter of 2015. The A$ continued to strengthen ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... with the slump in 2009 when Australia didn't succumb to a recession. "The key reasons cited by respondents to the Australian PMI for improving conditions in September were stronger local orders and exports, due to the lower Australian dollar." (AiG) ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... very afraid. And why shouldn't you be with headlines trumpeting "China's PMI index: output plumbs three-year low" (The Australian) and even spookier, "China Interventions Can't Hold Off PMI Contraction" (Bloomberg)? But the sensationalised headlines ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on US and European markets following disappointing US home sales and China factory output data. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following lifts on Wall Street but falls on European markets as investors await the next move in Greece's debt crisis. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 29 points at 5,835. US stocks gained some ground following the first rise in US factory ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... WSJ reports that the PBOC "will allow banks to swap local-government bailout bonds for loans". This would give the Australian dollar an extra boost. So will the RBA if it decides not to cut interest rates again next Tuesday. The hope is that at the current ...