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Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... present situation index falling to its lowest reading in four months and the end of the year reading for the expectations index, at 87.5, remains below the pre-pandemic score of 106.1 recorded in February 2020.

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... history). However, the bullish headline consumer sentiment figure is tempered by the survey's Unemployment Expectations Index which increased to a reading of 132.0 in November from 122.2 in the previous month - indicating that more respondents expect ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... month and by 4.5% in the year to September. This is backed by the sharp decline 14.8% drop in the "unemployment expectations index" (i.e. consumers expect a decline in unemployment). Whether or not consumer and business confidence continues to improve ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions - decreased sharply from 95.9 to 84.2. The Expectations Index - based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions - declined from 88.9 ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... survey's 47-year history). The latest survey doesn't bear good tidings for wages with the "Unemployment Expectations Index" soaring to a cycle high of 163.4 points - a jump of 14.6% from the previous month and 22.6% from a year ago. Pessimistic ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
"Tell him he's dreaming!" The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report showing that the country's unemployment rose from 5.2% in March to ONLY 6.2% in April surely is a pleasant dream considering the nightmarish backdrop of the long ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... April - the biggest monthly decline in the survey's 47-year history -- from 91.9 in March. The unemployment expectations index in the survey jumped by 8.2% over the month and by a massive 24.1% over the year to a reading of 158.1 in April. While ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... survey, Australians are correct to be concerned with regards to their unemployment prospect. The "unemployment expectations index" rose to a reading of 134.7 in February, up by 0.6% over the month and 12.3% over the year. I hope that I'm wrong, but ...
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