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- Apr 09 2021
Smooth labour matching the key to recovery from here
The labour market recovery has outpaced expectations since the initial COVID-19 shock. While the removal of JobKeeper is likely to stall the recovery in Q2, labour demand indicators are quite strong,...
- Apr 09 2021
- Apr 06 2021
Sydney Suburban Centres and Office Parks 2021 - 2031
Sydney's non-CBD office market recorded over 310,000 sq m of completions in 2020 – the second-highest figure since 1990. A further 420,000 sq m of new and refurbished stock is due to come on line thr...
- Apr 01 2021
Sydney Suburban Centres and Office Parks 2021 - 2031
Sydney's non-CBD office market recorded over 310,000 sq m of completions in 2020 – the second-highest figure since 1990. A further 420,000 sq m of new and refurbished stock is due to come on line thr...
- Apr 01 2021
Mining in Australia - Apr 2021
The mining investment cycle is continuing to show signs of a rebound, despite the headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing trade dispute with China. The after-effects of the Oil...
- Apr 01 2021
India: Building and Construction in India 2021-2025: March 2021 Update
The government’s push to get infrastructure projects underway in order to support the sector, resulted in an upward revision in our 2020 work done estimates, with civil engineering activity estimated...
- Apr 01 2021
New inflation fears, but no paradigm shift
Over the past year, it’s become easier to envisage a path to sustained higher inflation than it’s ever been in the past decade in advanced economies. However, this outcome is far from inevitable – we...
- Mar 31 2021
Sydney Commercial Property Prospects 2021-2031
The Sydney office market is undergoing a marked downturn in the occupier market. Negative net absorption has compounded robust supply additions, sending the vacancy rate sharply higher and cutting...
- Mar 31 2021
China: Building and Construction in China 2021-2025: March 2021 Update
The construction output value in 2020 grew 6.9%, driven mainly by increases in infrastructure investment to support the economy. Although we think infrastructure spending will be somewhat more restrai...
Latest Global Analysis
- Apr 06 2021
Coronavirus Watch: When is the vaccine tipping point?
Despite increasing numbers of new coronavirus cases globally, the possibility that more economies will enjoy both limited domestic restrictions and sustained low new case numbers is growing closer tha...
- Mar 30 2021
Global: New inflation fears, but no paradigm shift
Over the past year, it’s become easier to envisage a path to sustained higher inflation than it’s ever been in the past decade in advanced economies. However, this outcome is far from inevitable – we...
- Mar 30 2021
Risk metrics reveal more optimism, more complacency
An array of metrics points to improved global prospects, based on our latest review of alternative gauges of economic risk. All suggest stronger – in some cases, much stronger – 2021 growth than they...
- Mar 29 2021
Coronavirus Watch: Grounds for cautious optimism
A run of encouraging business surveys and the apparent successful reopening of the Israeli economy suggest that upside risks to our already above-consensus outlook may be rising.
- Mar 29 2021
Inflation risks and the global monetary boom
Market nervousness about inflation has increased in recent weeks, in part due to strong monetary growth in the major economies. While we still think that the monetary boom is not a cause for anxiety,...
- Mar 22 2021
Coronavirus Watch: Staying the course, despite bumps
Suspension of AstraZeneca vaccinations in a number of European economies, news of more vaccine supply problems, and rising Covid case numbers globally are all indications that the transition to normal...
- Mar 18 2021
Ten long-term themes for the global economy and markets
Following the terrible disappointment of the last decade (Figure 1), the era of lows – low GDP growth, inflation, real interest rates, asset returns, and macro-volatility – will continue through this...
- Mar 16 2021
Global Risk Survey: Tail risk fears vanish
Businesses have become more positive about growth prospects and much less concerned over the possibility of severe downside shocks, based on our March flash survey of global risk perceptions. Only one...
- Mar 15 2021
Coronavirus Watch: Three key questions on savings
Aside from the speed at which restrictions on activity will be eased in the next few months and the permanence of the rollback, the next greatest uncertainty is how household spending will respond in...
- Mar 15 2021
Global: The global consequences of rising US bond yields
Global bond yields have risen sharply over recent weeks to become more in line with fair value. Previous episodes have demonstrated that what starts as a benign correction could evolve into a tantrum...
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