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Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... (PPE) and masks and working from home electronic products - as well as increased seasonal Christmas demand - sent Chinese exports soaring by 21.1% in the year to November - the fastest rate of growth since February 2018 and nearly double market expectations ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... export market. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data shows that Beijing accounts for 35.3% of total exports in 2019/20, much more than our next five biggest export markets combined - Japan (11.8%), South Korea (5.8%), USA (5.8%), UK ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... So far, China has targeted Australian barley, lobster and coal. Most recently, it imposed duties of us to 212% on wine exports. Despite this, Yin said, global investors with a long-time horizon should not be deterred from investing in the nation. "Rather ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... metal. Don't take my word for it, here's the latest from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): "Iron ore exports reached a record high of $10.9 billion, accounting for 36% of Australia's total exports... Total exports increased by $1.8 ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... that, the price of iron ore keeps on going and going... up. Iron ore accounts for over 25% of Australia's total goods exports. To date, iron ore prices have rallied by 57.5% from this year's low and are 33.2% higher compared with 2020's opening ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... reading indicating expansion in three months - from 49.3 in September, driven by gains in production, new orders, sales and exports. The AiG performance of services index also swung back into expansion territory in October to a reading of 51.4 - the ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... "The increase in real GDP reflected increases in personal consumption expenditures (PCE), private inventory investment, exports, nonresidential fixed investment, and residential fixed investment that were partly offset by decreases in federal government ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... June quarter would not be repeated in the September quarter. However, the recovery in domestic demand suggests that net exports (exports minus imports) would become a drag - from the positive contribution it made in the June quarter - as Australians ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... industries, including gambling, alcohol, and nuclear power. The new SRI options also have a new screen on live animal exports.

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... hand) to Australia -- the world's largest iron ore exporter -- which accounts for around 50% of total world iron ore exports. This becomes especially crucial at a time when the Morrison government is poised to deliver more fiscal stimulus to the ...