by FTMA News | Apr 14, 2020 | Stats & Facts
Australia’s new house building pipeline appears to be stable in mid-April, with construction work able to continue in most situations. The rush by builders to complete work to the next payment stage, over concern of an imminent sector or site closure is reportedly...
by FTMA News | Apr 8, 2020 | Stats & Facts
When Dr Philip Lowe, the RBA Governor, announced a $105 billion liquidity package for the banks on 19 March, 2020 he commented that “…to get to the other side we need a bridge…. building that bridge requires a concerted team effort, with us all pulling together in the...
by FTMA News | Dec 15, 2019 | Stats & Facts
Show me the money: Housing finance hits 10 month high, but details are patchy August saw housing finance lift a solid 2.9% on the prior month to reach $18.438 billion, the highest monthly total since October 2018. Recording the third successive aggregate monthly...
by FTMA News | Dec 15, 2019 | Stats & Facts
Building activity remains flat: pipeline still soft As befits its status as the major private sector driver of the domestic economy, housing is both simple and complex at the same time. Simple in that the linear supply chain for new housing is well understood: demand,...
by FTMA News | Apr 16, 2019 | Stats & Facts
Small Business Tax Breaks: Budget Measures on which we can all agree (apparently) No matter what the outcome of the May 18th Federal Election, there are a few things that are certain. The world will continue to turn, for instance, and for small and medium businesses,...
by FTMA News | Apr 13, 2019 | Stats & Facts
In an essentially consumption driven economy, economic growth measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) record the rate of growth in consumption, among other factors. Soft consumption data – we have seen that reported through pretty lousy retail sales – is...
