wrapper

Australian growth forecasts need to be revised

Monday, May 29 2017
Australian growth forecasts need to be revised

Weak signals from Australia are forcing economists to revisit their first-quarter growth forecasts. Some are even suggesting a contraction. Home building, net exports and household consumption could be a drag on gross domestic product for the first three months of 2017, according to some estimates. A negative print would raise the specter of recession, especially as a cyclone that ripped through Queensland’s key coal mining region is tipped to subtract from growth in the three months through June.

Sluggish data "all points to growth being only marginally positive at this stage and there’s certainly the risk of a negative quarter," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Ltd. in Sydney, who now expects first-quarter GDP growth of around 0.2 percent rather than the 0.5-0.6 percent he previously penciled in.

More in this category: « USD - Major events in the week ahead M3 Money Supply decreased to 4.9% »

Latest from Editor

About Us

Forex Web News is part of Rolling Capital Network providing financial consulting.

Within the Forex Web News we provide our readers with expert and timely technical analyses, fundamental analyses and news; with one aim – for our readers to make best possible financial decisions.

Forex Web News desks and analysis department follow the international markets closely and create high quality proprietary content on a both daily and weekly basis.

.

All our analysts have several years of trading and analysis experience. The Forex Web News analysis team creates daily and weekly analyses and offer forecasts regarding where they believe the markets are heading. Our readers are provided with data displayed both in texts and on graphs, providing them the fullest understanding of what is happening in the market place.

We are constantly growing our news desks and our analysis departments as we strive to broaden the content we provide to visitors of the Forex Web News.

Disclaimer

Rolling-capital.com – The company, employees, subsidiaries and associates, are not liable nor shall they be held liable jointly or severally for any loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information provided on this website. The data contained in this website is not necessarily provided in real-time nor is it necessarily accurate. All prices herein are provided by market makers and not by exchanges. As such prices may not be accurate and they may differ from the actual market price. rolling-capital.com bears no responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using any data within the Forex Web News.