Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia GDP (Q2 2024) Although activity likely bottomed out last quarter, the ongoing weakness in private demand raises the risk that the RBA will cut rates sooner rather than later. 4th September 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (Jul. 2024) 28th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Jul. 2024) The slight uptick in the unemployment rate last month belies a renewed acceleration in employment growth. Accordingly, the data are unlikely to assuage the RBA’s concerns about a tight labour market. 15th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Wage Price Index (Q2 2024) The RBA probably won’t read too much into the fact that annual wage growth stalled last quarter. A gradual loosening of the labour market should ensure that wage pressures do ease in the quarters... 13th August 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Labour Market (Q2 2024) Although employment growth in Q2 was stronger than most had anticipated, it didn’t keep the unemployment rate from climbing higher. What’s more, a look under the hood suggests the labour market is in... 6th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Reserve Bank of Australia Meeting (Aug. 2024) 6th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Consumer Prices & Retail Sales (Q2) 31st July 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Jun. 2024) Although job growth remained healthy last month, it didn’t prevent the unemployment rate from rising anew. And we suspect the rise in joblessness has much further to run. 18th July 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Consumer Prices (Q2 2024) Today’s CPI release confirms that inflation is all but certain to return to the RBNZ’s 1-3% target by Q3. In the context of an extremely weak economy and a rapidly loosening labour market, there is a... 16th July 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Retail Sales (May 2024) The upside surprise in the May retail sales numbers primarily reflected consumers taking advantage of end-of-financial year sales events. As a result, we doubt the data will allay the RBA’s concerns... 3rd July 2024 · 2 mins read
