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RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... economic outlook provided by Aird, he said two out of four domestic data releases have so far been published. "The NAB Business Survey was robust and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in February from 3.7% in January," he said. The February retail ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... output levels being achieved - reached a record 86.7%, well above the long-term average of 81.1% according to the NAB business survey. This result suggests the economy could be running up against capacity constraints, the survey said. Cost indicators ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... circumstance. This is underscored by the latest improvement in domestic business and consumer sentiment. The latest NAB business survey showed that both business conditions and confidence rose sharply in October from November as the lockdowns in New ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... contraction will be. The lockdowns have already taken a significant toll on business and consumer confidence. The latest NAB Business Survey shows that both business confidence and conditions plunged in the month of July. Australian business confidence ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... of rising cases in NSW and the early part of the subsequent lockdowns both there and in other states", the latest NAB business survey revealed both conditions and confidence taking a hit. Business confidence nearly halved to +11 in June from +20 in May. ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... in finding employment. And why the heck wouldn't Australians see the glass more than half-full? Not when the NAB business survey found that business conditions rose to a fresh record high reading of +37 in May, from what were then all-time highs ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... the near term". You, I and Irene would have exclaimed the same just looking at the top line numbers of the latest NAB Business Survey. But the bank's group chief economist, Alan Oster, had first dibs. Survey says... Australian business conditions ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... domestic economy. The recovery will receive extra impetus if the latest confidence surveys are anything to go by. The NAB business survey showed that it's no worries for businesses (despite the government withdrawing its JobKeeker programme at the ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... forward. How good is that? Well, it's so good that Australian business confidence remain on the up and up. The NAB business confidence index rose to an 11-month high of +16 in February, "with all states and industries reporting gains, except for ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... and before the vaccine reached Australian shores - was that both business and consumer confidence were back. The NAB business confidence index jumped by five percentage points to a reading of +10 in January - above its long-run average of +6 and despite ...
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