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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... the Australian labour market should help reverse the two-month erosion in consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 in March and 101.3 in February. US CPI ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Westpac chief economist Bill Evans described the latest reading from its consumer sentiment survey. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 in the previous month. WBC attributed ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
This is the picture of Australia painted by the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The headline index fell to a reading of 97.13 in January from 97.17 in the previous month. This is the index's lowest level on record ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... reading of plus 9 in September, unchanged from August. Consumer confidence has also recovered. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose by 4.2% to 97.8 in October from 93.9 in September. While still below 100 (optimists outnumber ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... points at 5,639. In local economic news on Monday, the ANZ's job advertisements series and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for July, are due out. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter consumer price index while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton is expected to release its fourth quarter ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... US markets were closed on Friday for a public holiday. In local economic news on Monday, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for June is due out as is the ANZ job advertisements series for the same month. No major equities news is expected. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... announcement that is expected to shed light on the timing of interest rate hikes. Locally on Wednesday, Westpac-Melbourne Institute releases its leading indexes of economic activity report. In equities news, Furniture retailer Adairs will debut on the ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey are due out. And in Brisbane, Reserve ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... Logic Home Value Index, the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge are also due out. In equities news, UGL releases a market update. In Australia, the market on Friday has ...