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A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... sharp jump in the Empire State manufacturing index provides an early clue to this upside surprise. The general business conditions index surged to 18.7 in February - the highest since September 2014. The survey showed the employment component turned ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... confidence and conditions on the rise. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the December survey - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence was flat - January's result showed business conditions increased by 6 points ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
NAB's cautious optimism over Australian business conditions (see "Five minutes of sunshine?" report in this section), should be allayed by the Reserve Bank of Australia's private sector credit report. Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... at low reading of 1 in December. NAB chief economist Alan Oster is cautiously optimistic: "the rebound in business conditions is certainly encouraging, but at this stage we are not getting too carried away with the result. Stronger business conditions ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... of increases. Significant increases in production and new orders accounted for much of the improvement in business conditions over the month with gains in purchasing activity and payrolls also providing support. However, Markit noted that the upturn ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... full year 2016 gains up by 7.5%. The details of the survey showed small business owners more confident on business conditions (net balance 50 in December from 38 in November); sales expectations (31 from 11) and now is a good time to expand (23 from ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... economy and a negative start - as in negative 0.5% GDP growth in the third quarter - to the fourth quarter. Business conditions have deteriorated in October and November and so has consumer confidence - down in November and December -- which has slumped ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... confidence and conditions. Business confidence increased to a reading of 5 in November (from 4 in October) but business conditions eased for a second straight month to 5 last month from 7 in October and 8 in September. Declines in the NAB survey's sub-indices ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Australia NAB business confidence The latest NAB business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... and the unemployment rate will continue to edge lower, supported by low interest rates and still elevated business conditions." However, the ANZ survey doesn't differentiate what kind of jobs is advertised - i.e., whether they're full or part-time. Recall ...