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Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... February to 23 February 2018 - when the financial markets were in upheaval - the NAB business survey showed that 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 ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... later today); the unemployment rate improved from 5.7% in January 2017 to 5.5% in the same month this year; business confidence and conditions are stronger; so too is capex, actual and expected. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... domestic economy should Wall Street's weeping persists. The survey, taken from 24 January to 31 January, show business confidence increased from +10 in December 2017 to +12 in January. This is the highest reading since April 2017 and is double its long-term ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... customers to book real-time into their individual stylist's calendars. Honee is also growing salon owner's business confidence through its innovative artificial intelligence system called Nectar. Salon owners can chat to Nectar 24/7 to learn about how ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... Market report tomorrow. Back to the NAB survey. It appears that October's "puzzle" has been solved, not by business confidence meeting up with business conditions at a higher altitude but with conditions dropping to less puzzling levels (given readings ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... consistent with the NAB business survey that showed business conditions hit an all-tome record high in October and business confidence remaining above its long-term average (+8 versus +6). The latest AiG performance of manufacturing index's sharp reversal ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... conditions in October have never been higher since they started the survey way back 20 years ago, but October business confidence didn't budge and stayed at the level where it was in the previous month (although it remained above its long term average ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... decades. I don't think many would disagree that it certainly doesn't feel like it. More so, given that the business confidence reading hardly budged and remained unchanged at +8 in October from the previous month. Even NAB's Group Economics team (who ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... - the highest in four months - from 52.2 in August. This is consistent with the Tankan survey that showed business confidence among the country's large manufacturers improved to a reading of 22 in the third quarter - the highest reading since the September ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... their margins and by extension, investment in plant & equipment and on staffing. This will continue to gnaw at business confidence until the Federal government comes up with a clear, consistent and credible energy policy.