The labour market recovery has outpaced expectations since the initial COVID19 shock. While the removal of JobKeeper is likely to stall the...
Australia | Recovery tracker edges up to pre-COVID level
Posted by Thomas Rudgley on Apr 8, 2021
Our recovery tracker indicator has continued to improve through 2021 after a seasonal dip in January. The tracker has reached its pre-pandemic...
Australia | Withdrawal of JobKeeper a surmountable challenge
Posted by Sean Langcake on Mar 30, 2021
The JobKeeper program has been highly successful in cushioning the COVID19 shock to the labour market. Its relatively swift and generous rollout...
APAC | The varying impacts from higher US bond yields
Posted by Louis Kuijs on Mar 24, 2021
As financial markets started pricing in stronger US economic growth and inflation because of Joe Biden’s stimulus plan, US bond yields have risen....
Australia | Capital city lockdowns are not derailing the recovery
Posted by Sean Langcake on Mar 18, 2021
Beginning with the Northern Beaches COVID cluster, most state governments have imposed snap lockdowns in their capital cities since late December....
Are demographics a big problem for Asia-Pacific cities?
Posted by Richard Holt on Mar 11, 2021
Asian city economies were slowing down, even before Covid. While declines in working age populations will affect long term economic growth rates...
Australia | Population outlook firms on vaccine rollout
Posted by Maree Kilroy on Mar 8, 2021
The reopening of Australia’s international border is contingent on the vaccine rollout. The program is targeted at having most of the adult...
Australia | Housing recovery mirroring that of other nations
Posted by Maree Kilroy on Feb 23, 2021
Housing demand has gained momentum over recent months in Australia with prices and new construction picking up sharply. Activity has been...
Australia | State budgets complementing sharp fiscal response
Posted by Tyson Goddard on Feb 17, 2021
The withdrawal of stimulus by the state and territory governments will be a little more gradual than the federal government; there will be a sharp...
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Risks and rewards
Posted by BIS Oxford Economics on Feb 11, 2021
The Australian government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is scheduled to begin in late February 2021. The vaccine will be rolled out in stages,...