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Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... markets expended much speculation on the outcome of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure" quarterly survey, for not only does it provide an indication of domestic firms' optimism ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
Australian private new capital expenditure (capex) usually commands attention before and during its release for it provides an indication of domestic firms' optimism towards future growth as well as, itself, being a driving component of that growth. ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... it's looking a lot like businesses aren't too. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Sep 2019 report showed actual total new private capital spending fell by 0.2% in ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... budget surplus ? published on August 27. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure report justifies Financial Standard' s prescription that, "It's time for the government to ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Sep 2018. The headline numbers were the result of a 2.8% drop in capital spending ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... inflation and reduced profits. This could help explain the lower than expected increase in Australian private new capital expenditure in the March quarter of this year (Trump officially declared "war" on March 1 when he announced that "sometime next ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... currently), and businesses' animal spirits weren't lifting. My database shows that, instead, actual private new capital expenditure (capex) continued to slow before registering outright negative year-on-year growth from the March quarter of 2013 to the ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... unchanged at 2.3%. The ABS has done it again...to me in this case. The statistician's report on "Private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure" (Capex) raises doubts over my own optimism with regards to wages - that would spark a virtuous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...
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