Exports of Australia’s softwood logs lifted significantly in September, as the smaller dimension (<15cm diameter SED) pine logs hit a monthly record and a nineteen-month annualised hi…

Sawn softwood sales fell to a reported 37,993 m3 in September 2019, their lowest September total in more than a decade. Remarkably, total reported sales were just half the total recorded in Se…

In a world where economic success is (largely) measured by consumption growth – gross domestic product being the logical example – it is refreshing to find alternative measures of success. O…

Annual approvals declined to 171,086 separate dwellings over the year-ended October 2019, some 22.9% lower than a year earlier. Feeding into that, the firmament of dwelling construction i…

Latest value of building work data shows a continuation of declining activity, but equally, some of the indicators may be pointing to an early end to what historically, are significantly lon…

In the earliest signs of a recovery in housing markets, lending for dwelling finance lifted in 0.9% in October to an annualised $18.214 billion as owner occupiers confirmed their market musc…

Modest though it is, Australia’s annualised GDP growth of 1.7% year-ended September 2019 is at least growth. There are many doubts about the robustness of domestic economic conditions righ…

Australia’s economic growth forecast was slashed by 0.5% in December. The Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) took the knife to GDP, forecasting it will reach just 2.25% over 2019-2…