Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia International Trade (July 2022) 8th September 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia GDP (Q2 22) The 0.9% q/q rise in Australia’s Q2 GDP was broadly in line with the RBA’s expectations and won’t move the needle in terms of the size of the next rate hike. 7th September 2022 · 3 mins read
Capital Daily Aussie dollar may fall further despite RBA hikes Even though we expect the RBA to continue to hike rates aggressively, we don’t think that will stop the Australian dollar from falling further against the US dollar. 6th September 2022 · 6 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update Aggressive tightening will be reversed next year The RBA lifted rates by 50bp today and dropped some hints that further tightening will be less aggressive. Even so, we still expect the Bank to hike rates more aggressively over coming months than... 6th September 2022 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Reserve Bank of Australia Policy Meeting (Sep. 2022) 6th September 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia GDP Partials (Q2 2022) 6th September 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia Private Capex Survey (Q2 2022) The continued rise in machinery and equipment investment in Q2 won’t offset a plunge in construction investment, but firms’ optimistic capital plans suggest this will prove short-lived. 1st September 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Private Capex (Q2 & 2022/23) 1st September 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia CoreLogic House Prices (Aug.) House prices are falling at the fastest pace in four decades. While leading indicators of housing market activity remain consistent with a mild downturn, rapidly worsening affordability due to soaring... 1st September 2022 · 3 mins read
RBA Watch RBA to hike rates to 3.60% by early-2023 With the unemployment rate falling to fresh lows and consumer spending remaining resilient, another 50bp hike at the upcoming meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia on 6 th September is all but... 30th August 2022 · 8 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Retail Sales (Jul. 2022) Not only did retail sales rise for the seventh consecutive month in July, the strong size of the increase strongly suggests that the Reserve Bank of Australia will hike rates by another 50bp next... 29th August 2022 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly Wage growth will surpass 3% next quarter While there are some early signs that the recovery in employment is sputtering, we aren't convinced that the labour market has turned for the worse just yet. With labour shortages still severe and the... 19th August 2022 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia Labour Market (Jul. 2022) We wouldn’t read too much into the first drop in employment since last year’s lockdowns. Indeed, the continued tightening of the labour market should encourage the RBA to press ahead with another 50bp... 18th August 2022 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia Wage Price Index (Q2) Wage growth surpassed its pre-virus peak in Q2 and will jump above 3% this quarter due to a surge in the minimum wage and a tightening labour market. 17th August 2022 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update Higher migration not enough to cool labour market An increase in the permanent migration programme will help to alleviate labour shortages. But the rapid tightening of the labour market in recent months has been driven by strong labour demand rather... 16th August 2022 · 2 mins read
