US Economic Update: 2016 Q3 GDP
US GDP growth accelerated in the September quarter to its fastest pace in two years. Read more
Australian Markets Weekly – 31 October 2016
This week we report on the views of Japanese clients of Australia following a recent trip to the country. Read more
Markets Today: The Fear
In the hour after it was announced that Hillary Clinton’s e-mails were the subject of a new FBI probe, USD/JPY dropped from Y105.50 to Y104.50, the S&P dropped 20 points or 1% with the VIX spiking by 19% and 10-year Treasuries dropped 2bps from 1.85% to 1.83%. Read more
Which country is the new gateway to global networks for SMEs?
Research has identified that the Australia-China economic relationship is broader than previously assumed, with considerable new growth opportunities for Australian businesses in agribusiness, manufacturing, real estate, tourism, education and finance and professional services. Read more
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Cindy Batchelor, Executive General Manager NAB Business presents the best ways to take your business online. Read more
In Focus: Dairy October 2016
Global dairy markets have faced very difficult conditions since plummeting in the first half of 2014 Read more
NAB Rural Commodities Wrap: October 2016
The progress of the season, which has been generally much wetter than average in eastern Australia but dryer in the west, continues to be the major consideration for Australian agriculture. Read more
NAB Quarterly SME Business Survey: September 2016
The NAB SME Survey is the leading business survey of small businesses in Australia, and complements the comprehensive Quarterly NAB Business Survey. Read more
Markets Today: Too Much [Brexit] Heaven?
The Bee Gees 1979 classic “Too Much Heaven” pretty much sums up overnight news, with UK GDP printing much better than expected at 0.5% q/q against expectations of a 0.3% print. Read more
Markets Today: Turbulence
Turbulence, a little known track by American pop punk band Bowling for Soup appears to be an appropriate title for today’s note. The song was written by Jaret Reddick after he asked a pilot whether he found turbulence frightening. Read more
Markets Today: Fresh Fruit
Seven years on from their 1974 classic ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’, Procol Harem’s light-hearted ode to the health benefits of fruit is set for a test today. Healthy on the body fruit may be, but possibly not on the hip pocket in Q3 according to our economists. Read more
Quenching Asia’s growing thirst for dairy beverages
Pactum Dairy Group, part of the Freedom Foods Group, is riding the wave of China’s growing love affair with dairy beverages. Freedom Foods Group Managing Director, Rory Macleod, explains how. Read more
