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- Oct 30 2020
Household survey points to a bumpy road ahead
Since early April, the ABS has run a new survey to capture the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on households. The fortnightly survey shows very high levels of community concern at the outset of the p...
- Oct 30 2020
- Oct 29 2020
Apartments in Sydney Suburbs 2020-2027
The apartment market in Sydney's suburbs has been undergoing a correction for most of the past three years. Until the start of 2020, the damage was done largely by an unprecedented spike in new suppl...
- Oct 28 2020
Inner Sydney Apartments 2020 - 2027
The ISA market was already facing challenges pre-coronavirus. Vacancy rates were rising off the back of record supply additions in FY19 and that triggered a setback to rents and prices. Since Februar...
- Oct 23 2020
Adelaide Commercial Property Prospects 2020-2030
The Adelaide office market has fared relatively well to date through the coronavirus crisis, with net absorption remaining positive and only minor adverse movements in leasing incentives and rents. H...
- Oct 23 2020
Corporate reticence driving changes in flow of funds
The coronavirus pandemic and associated policy response has accelerated some interesting trends that had been emerging in the saving and borrowing patterns across sectors in the Australian economy.
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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.
Latest Global Analysis
- Oct 28 2020
COVID-19 Scorecard update: global deterioration
The global economy has become more vulnerable to Covid-19 with, according to WHO dataset, a 30% of growth in new cases since August. Big parts of the Northern hemisphere are being afflicted by the sec...
- Oct 28 2020
Machine learning use in GDP nowcasting
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) use in macroeconomic forecasting is still only in its fledgling phase. Although they promise much in dealing with large data sets used in macroec...
- Oct 28 2020
Machine learning use in GDP nowcasting
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) use in macroeconomic forecasting is still only in its fledgling phase. Although they promise much in dealing with large data sets used in macroec...
- Oct 26 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Partial and patchy recovery
The global recovery from the coronavirus recession remains intact but is patchy across economies and may be faltering in some as the lifting of restrictions stalls or goes into reverse. The global reb...
- Oct 22 2020
A partial and uneven world trade rebound
Various indicators suggest world trade is recovering but the rebound is partial and uneven across regions, sectors, and other dimensions. Our baseline is for world goods trade to fall around 7% over t...
- Oct 22 2020
A partial and uneven world trade rebound
Various indicators suggest world trade is recovering but the rebound is partial and uneven across regions, sectors, and other dimensions. Our baseline is for world goods trade to fall around 7% over t...
- 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...
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