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WA takes the economic crown: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... as borrowing costs remain elevated. "As we look ahead, an expected reduction in interest rates could boost economic sentiment in the mortgage-sensitive states of New South Wales and Victoria, while the interplay between interest rate cuts, federal election ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... September, so close to the election, could be seen as an attempt to influence the political landscape by boosting economic sentiment." Powell addressed those concern directly, emphasising that rate decisions will be made "when and as" necessary, rather ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... Households would defer spending as they await cheaper prices. It is therefore not surprising the region's economic sentiment index decreased to a 31-month low reading of 104 in April from 105.6 in March. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI for April ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... said. The US will likely experience 3% to 3.5% growth boosted by the tax reform package passed in December. Economic sentiment in Europe is high; business sentiment surveys indicate 3.5% global growth; and Germany for example is booming, he said. Japan ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... single currency area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from 107.8 in the previous month. This is better than expectations ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... still disagree but Trump really deserves to be named Time magazine's "Person of the Year". Trump turned global economic sentiment around! I digress. Could 2017 become a mirror image (an inverted reflection) of 2016? Starting out strong, jubilant and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... higher than market expectations for an increase to 9 and the highest reading since November 2014. Eurozone ZEW economic sentiment Financial and economic analysts' optimism over the Eurozone continues to improve. The ZEW economic sentiment index rose ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... -1.5% from 2.4% in August. Eurozone industrial production Coming on the heels of a sharp improvement in the ZEW economic sentiment (12.3 in October versus 5.4 in September and expectations of 6.3), industrial production in the single currency area also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... July. However, car purchases are expected to slow in October when the tax breaks are set to expire. Eurozone economic sentiment The ZEW economic sentiment indicator for the Eurozone improved sharply to a reading of 12.3 in October, up 6.9 points from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... month of August. Eurozone confidence Several measures of confidence in the euro area improved in September: Economic sentiment up to 104.9 in September from 103.5 in August; industrial sentiment up to minus 1.7 from minus 4.4; consumer confidence up ...
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