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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Year-on-year, total building approvals went down by 9.1% in May after a 1.3% increase in the previous month. The number of private sector houses approved rose by 0.1% over the month and 1.3% over the past year. Private sector dwellings excluding houses ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Australia private sector credit The latest update on Australia's private sector credit provides a first look at the impact of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% on the 3rd of May. Total private sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... five-month period in 2015. This compares with the January-April expansion of 10.5% and expectations for steady growth at 10.5%. Private investment slowed sharply to 3.9% in the first five months of this year compared with last year's January to May period ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... showed the economy expanded by 0.5% in the March quarter - up from the preliminary estimate of 0.4% -- aided by stronger private consumption growth (revised to 0.6% from 0.5%) and a smaller than initially estimated drop in business investment (down 0.7% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... driven by strong contributions from exports (1.0 percentage point) and household final consumption expenditure (0.4 pp). Private capital investment subtracted 0.5 percentage point from growth. This takes the annual growth rate in the domestic economy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.5% in the month of April following a 0.4% pick up in the previous month and higher than market expectations for a 0.4% gain. This takes the year-on-year growth rate in total ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Australia capex Private new capital expenditure declined by 5.2% in the March quarter, lower than the expected 3.0% fall and reversing the previous three-month period's 1.8% increase. Investment in buildings and structures dropped by 7.9% over the quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... expected 0.4% in the first quarter of this year, representing a slowing from the December 2015 quarter's 0.5% increase. Private sector wages growth slowed to 0.4% in the three months ended March 2016 from 0.5% while those in the public sector remained ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... quarter's 0.4% contraction and is ahead of market expectations for a 0.1% increase. Partial figures reveal that gains in private consumption (up 0.5% quarter on quarter from minus 0.8%), external demand (up 0.2% from up 0.1%) contributed to first quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... investment, a deceleration in PCE, a downturn in federal government spending, an upturn in imports, and larger decreases in private inventory investment and in exports that were partly offset by an upturn in state and local government spending and an ...