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Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Preliminary, Australia' report shows China remains our top export market - accounting for nearly 42% of our total goods exports in August. Rounding up Australia's top five export markets: Japan, our second biggest export market, buys much less ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... domestic and international demand and the disruption to supply chains around the world are highlighted by the 10.6% fall in exports in the second quarter and the even sharper 19.1% drop in imports. Australia's overall economic growth would have been ...

CBA profit takes hit, dividend cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... supported the economy, there is a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects, and the outlook for mining and agriculture exports is strong." Comyn said he expects the bank's operational performance to remain strong, despite the current challenging ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... minus 32.9%. According to the BEA: "The second-quarter decrease in real GDP reflected decreases in consumer spending, exports, inventory investment, business investment, and housing investment that were partially offset by an increase in government spending. ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... (lithium, copper and nickel) and chemicals (explosives and fertiliser), which together generate around $160 billion in exports. Its chair, former CSIRO chair and Australian of the Year Simon McKeon said collaboration and experimentation would be at the ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... contend next with a trade war with Trump. America threatened to impose additional tariffs worth around US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That, or they could wait until saner minds prevail at the November 2020 US presidential ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... 13.6%, with travel services falling sharply in response to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and associated travel bans. "Exports of services declined 12.8%, with restrictions on overseas arrivals reducing education related travel and tourism in Australia." ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... Aussie currency tends to perform well when markets are rising, which is linked to demand for Australia's resources-heavy exports."

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... now the second biggest economy in the world... is a big no no... NO. More so if that country (China) buys 34.7% of your exports (based on World Bank figures) that roughly equates to what Australia sells to Japan (16.4%), South Korea (7.0%), India (4.9%) ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... they could be next in line to take the hit from Beijing. This would surely put a dent in Australia's agricultural exports which makes up 3% of GDP and brings in around 13% of total exports income... and the workers employed in the industry and the ...