Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Jun. 2024) Although job growth remained healthy last month, it didn’t prevent the unemployment rate from rising anew. And we suspect the rise in joblessness has much further to run. 18th July 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Consumer Prices (Q2 2024) Today’s CPI release confirms that inflation is all but certain to return to the RBNZ’s 1-3% target by Q3. In the context of an extremely weak economy and a rapidly loosening labour market, there is a... 17th July 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Retail Sales (May 2024) The upside surprise in the May retail sales numbers primarily reflected consumers taking advantage of end-of-financial year sales events. As a result, we doubt the data will allay the RBA’s concerns... 3rd July 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (May 24) 26th June 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand GDP (Q1 2024) The modest rebound in GDP last quarter doesn’t change the bigger picture that the New Zealand economy is worse for wear. In fact, timely survey data suggest that things may well get worse before they... 20th June 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Reserve Bank of Australia Meeting (June 2024) 18th June 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (May 2024) Although the unemployment rate fell anew in May, leading indicators continued to point to a marked rise in the months ahead. All told, the data suggest that the RBA will remain in its “wait and see”... 13th June 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (Apr. 24) 29th May 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Apr. 2024) 16th May 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Wage Price Index (Q1 2024) 15th May 2024 · 2 mins read
