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Latest Australian Analysis
- Aug 05 2020
JobKeeper changes juggle normalisation and support
The Federal Government’s JobKeeper program has successfully cushioned the fall in employment and limited the surge in the unemployment rate caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping workers attached to...
- Aug 04 2020
Brisbane Industrial Property Prospects 2020-2030
The Brisbane industrial market was facing headwinds from moderating demand and above average supply before the impact from the coronavirus. Now, with much weaker demand, vacancies will rise and imp...
- Jul 31 2020
Engineering Construction in Australia 2020 - 2034 July Update
The ongoing completion of LNG projects in WA and NT resulted in headline engineering construction work done falling by 3% year-on-year to $19.6bn in the March 2020 quarter. While this data mostly pr...
- Jul 30 2020
Brisbane Residential Land Study 2020
Overall, Brisbane faces falling house prices in FY21 due to weak demand and market oversupply. However, the HomeBuilder grant appears to have notably boosted demand for land in Brisbane's key growth...
- Jul 29 2020
Adelaide Commercial Property Prospects 2020-2030
The Adelaide office market is relatively protected from the worst of the pandemic fallout due to its sizeable public sector tenancy base. Even so, the market entered 2020 with a high vacancy rate and...
- Jul 28 2020
Treasurer’s update gives some clarity on fiscal policy
Treasurer Josh Frydenburg has provided an Economic and Fiscal Update as a placeholder for the delayed 2020-21 budget. The statement was relatively light on new policy announcements but does lay out th...
- Jul 23 2020
Exploring alternate paths to recovery
The recent run of data has been a little stronger than previously expected, in line with better than expected health outcomes. However, with community outbreaks of COVID-19 appearing in Victoria and N...
- Jul 23 2020
Retail Property 2020 – 2030
The retail property sector, already showing signs of stress in recent years, has been dealt a severe blow by the COVID-19 pandemic. We expect a major near term correction in centre incomes and val...
- Jul 17 2020
Strength in retail spending will be short-lived
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent containment measures have generated unprecedented volatility in retail spending since March. While spending surged once again in May, we expect the rest of Q2 to b...
- Jul 10 2020
Sydney Suburban Centres and Office Parks 2020 - 2030
We have markedly downgraded our forecasts for Sydney’s suburban office markets in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We anticipate a phase of weak to negative net absorption over the next 12 m...
Latest Global Analysis
- Aug 05 2020
So far, so good for the EM financial conditions
Emerging market financial conditions bottomed out in May, but many EMs still have some ground to cover. China is doing well, but others are struggling. Worryingly, they’re not only the usual suspects...
- Aug 03 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Bumpy stabilisation
Largely as we expected, GDP data for Q2 published so far show very steep declines of 10%-15% in major economies. Early indications for Q2 for some emerging markets suggest their GDP slumps will be as...
- Jul 31 2020
Global Risk Survey: Fears of a second wave dominate
Last month’s tentative improvement in business sentiment has proved fleeting, according to our latest survey of global risk perceptions. Compared with three months ago, more respondents now expect a d...
- Jul 30 2020
High-profile downgrades mask more stable outlook
Based on our global review of institutions’ economic projections, many are continuing to lower their world GDP forecasts. But the latest downgrades appear to reflect an attempt by some to catch up wit...
- Jul 30 2020
V-shape consumer recovery? Not so fast…
Incoming retail sales data for June suggest a V-shape recovery in consumer spending. But these data don’t tell the whole story. Recoveries are uneven across economies, and retail sales are a poor guid...
- Jul 29 2020
Inside Frontier Markets – July 2020
In this edition, we present cross-country quantitative assessments of EMBI spreads, then look at Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Egypt, Ecuador, and Argentina.
- Jul 29 2020
Don’t expect Covid-19 to boost weak productivity
The Covid-19 outbreak has the capacity to create some positive spillovers to advanced economies’ (AEs) productivity in the medium term. But we expect the underlying factors that have suppressed produc...
- Jul 27 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Moving deeper into the unknown
The initial estimates of Q2 GDP for the US and eurozone will be published this week and will provide a clearer picture of the depth of the H1 global economic slump. But they won’t tell the full story.
- Jul 26 2020
Some industries are better placed to recover
Today’s May global industrial production release confirms industry is slowly healing. However, our recovery scorecard shows an uneven path ahead.
- Jul 22 2020
Housing markets may wobble, but not crash
With markets still hampered by lockdown measures and statistics slow to reflect price changes, we are yet to see the full extent of the damage wrought by the ongoing recession on housing markets. Stil...
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Engineering Construction in Australia
Engineering Construction in Australia provides the best analysis, insights and forecasts of Australia’s dynamic civil construction market across transport (roads, bridges, railways, harbours), utilities (water, sewerage, electricity, telecommunications), recreation, pipelines and mining and heavy industry construction. Updated quarterly, including an extensive databank, detailed forecasts and project lists.
Building in Australia
A comprehensive overview of the long run Australia residential and non-residential outlook. Includes detailed forecasts by sector, including houses, apartments, offices, retail, warehouses, accommodation, education and health.
Residential Property Prospects 2018-2021
Report contains a three year forecast outlook for median house and unit prices for Australia’s state and territory capital cities and selected regional centres. Analysis and forecasts of key drivers, including economic indicators, migration, population growth and underlying demand and supply are also included.