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Economics

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
The lead from the statistician's building approvals report - total building approvals down 19.9% in the year to March - suggests further weakness in housing finance in the coming months.

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Apart from concerns about the implementation risks over Trump's reflationary policies, the latest data releases - which on balance disappointed market expectations - helped bring long yields lower.

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Despite BOE governor Mark Carney warning only last February of the "twists and turns" heading into Brexit - almost immediately proved true in mid-April when PM Theresa May called for general elections to be held on the 8th of June this year - the BOE ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
The historic inverse correlation between the Japanese share market and the currency suggests that given the yen's stronger performance so far this year, the Nikkei-225 index should be weaker.

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Here we are in 2017 and that Budget surplus has remained ever-so elusive. But we'll have one by FY2020-21, promise.

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The entire wealth management and financial services sector will be impacted by the 2017 Federal Budget, a document that's received mixed reviews and needs caution in its digestion.

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's expansionary second budget, bankrolled by government receipts rising more than 6% per annum compared to expenditure rising by 4% per annum, sets Australia on the road towards a surplus by 2020 but one supported by record Commonwealth ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
As the countdown to the 2017 Federal Budget continues, economist Saul Eslake recalls terrible taxation policies of the last 25 years.

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The domestic economy is proceeding along the RBA's, and the government's, predictions.

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
It's a good starting point for the Australian Budget. Forecast extra growth would allow the government to spend extra.