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- Oct 19 2020
Road Maintenance in Australia - 2020
Road maintenance activity is forecast to surge past $8bn in FY21 as governments across Australia fast-track 'shovel-ready' projects to help kickstart the economy following the coronavirus pandemic. M...
- Oct 16 2020
Budget brings tax cuts to drive jobs growth
The FY21 Budget shifted the focus from immediate support to economic recovery, bolstering the government’s approach to jobs growth and encouraging business investment. The budget deficit is expected t...
- Oct 13 2020
Food prices push CPI above 7% in September
The near-term outlook for consumer inflation continues to be dominated by supply side factors. With food prices remaining elevated, October inflation is also likely to hover around recent outcomes.
- Oct 13 2020
Mining in Australia - October 2020 - Report
The mining investment cycle is continuing to show signs of a rebound, despite the headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The after-effects of the Oil and Gas boom appear to be ending, as min...
- Oct 10 2020
Government budget aims to shore up business investment, consumer spending and hiring. Better-than-expected labour market recovery sees GDP upgraded to -3.4% in 2020
The run of data over the past month has come in broadly as expected. However, the move to Stage-four lockdown restrictions in Melbourne has led to a material downgrade of our forecasts. Beyond the dir...
- Oct 08 2020
Sydney Suburban Centres and Office Parks 2020 - 2030
Sydney’s suburban office markets have already seen vacancy rates increase and effective rents fall as a result of the pandemic-induced recession. We expect it will be another couple of years befor...
- Oct 06 2020
Unemployment and participation rates set to increase
The labour market has outperformed our bleak expectations since the pandemic hit. But in some ways, it has flattered to deceive. Temporary changes to support programs encouraged a large exodus from th...
- Oct 02 2020
Labour market ahead of schedule, but bumpy road ahead
The run of data on the labour market have surprised to the upside in recent months. The fall in employment and increase in the unemployment rate over 2020 will not be as bad as we first feared. Howeve...
- Sep 30 2020
Sydney Commercial Property Prospects 2020-2030
Sydney’s CBD office market has entered a marked downturn. We expect vacancy rates to reach around 13% off the back of substantial negative net absorption combined with a spike in additions to stoc...
Latest Global Analysis
- Oct 19 2020
Coronavirus Watch: IMF forecasts too downbeat
The latest IMF global economic forecasts point to a more muted recovery than our own forecasts imply. The fund’s more pessimistic assessment reflects a more downbeat view of growth prospects in advanc...
- Oct 19 2020
Global Macro Themes and Asset Views Chartbook, October 2020
In our global macro chartbook for October, we summarise our views on current global themes and asset markets, and link to our research highlights over the last month. With many economies, particular...
- Oct 19 2020
Despite Covid hotspots, full lockdowns unlikely
Our baseline assumes a global second wave of infections resulting in severe lockdowns being reintroduced is avoided. In many places, new Covid-19 cases are high and rising, but limited hospitalisation...
- Oct 14 2020
A quick rebound holds the key to long-term prospects
The global economy's long-term prospects post-pandemic depend crucially on its performance over the coming year, based on our review of pandemic-hit countries’ recoveries from six major public health...
- Oct 14 2020
Commercial property slump risks chronic stress
Global commercial property prices are down around 6% y/y so far this year and the slide in prices could extend considerably further. A coronavirus-driven slump has the potential to trigger longer-ter...
- Oct 13 2020
Calibrating a medium-term economic comeback from Covid
Our medium-term forecasts are for global GDP to fall short of pre-crisis trend growth by around 4% by Q4 2024 and with risks skewed to the downside [we see a slightly smaller shortfall relative to our...
- Oct 12 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Down, again
We have revised down our global GDP growth forecast for 2021 further to 5.2% from 5.4%. The new forecast is over 1ppt lower than we anticipated in June. Some of the change reflects revisions to GDP in...
- Oct 06 2020
Coronavirus Watch: All consumers not equal
Economies that implemented lockdowns earlier in the year suffered substantial plunges in consumer spending across the board. But for household incomes, the period is one of contrasting fortunes.
- Oct 05 2020
As world trade recovers China comes out on top
World trade rebounded to 94% of its 2019 average in July but not everybody is sharing in this recovery equally. China was the first to spring back to its feet – exports are now higher than ever – whil...
- Oct 05 2020
EMs’ mobility recovery shows wide divergences
Emerging market (EM) mobility continued to recover in early September as diagnosed Covid-19 infections stabilised – with some exceptions. This bodes well for recovery prospects. And it contrasts stark...
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