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Tag Archives: exports
Catch up on COVID-19 with CCIQ Chief Economist Dr Marcus Smith
I spoke yesterday afternoon with CCIQ Chief Economist Dr Marcus Smith about the latest COVID-19 news: You can use these timestamps to find the highlights: 3:00 – Marcus’s recent commentary on coronavirus impact on Qld exports (e.g. COVID-19’s billion-dollar hit … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged awards, beef, cafes, coronavirus, covid-19, exports, gyms, jobkeeper, qhealth, qld, queensland, regulation, retail, seafood
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Qld private sector spending has been falling while government has continued to grow
In Queensland, our over-reliance on the public sector continues, according to the September quarter National Accounts figures from the ABS, which have reinforced concerns about the strength of the national economy and various state economies, including Queensland’s. The National Accounts … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, exports, gdp, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, statefinaldemand
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Qld’s exports to China doubled in less than 2½ years
There was some excellent commentary on the US’s and Australia’s relationships with China on ABC Radio National over the weekend which I can highly recommend: FT’s Martin Wolf interview: Is the US wrong on the trade war? on Saturday Extra … Continue reading
Posted in China, Exports, Uncategorized
Tagged abc, australia, cciq, china, coal, exports, qld, qldeconomy, rn, us
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Qld Premier’s Export Awards launch at the Tower of Power
I had a great time helping launch the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards 2019 at 1 William St, a.k.a. the “Tower of Power”, in Brisbane earlier this week. Paul Cooper, Chairman of the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and I spoke … Continue reading
Posted in Exports, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, beef, cattle, china, coal, exports, lng, qld, queensland, solar, soyabeans, syntheticturf, tariffs, tiq, trade, us, uschinatradewar
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Surge in overseas exports has given Qld a rare trade surplus
Queensland Treasury’s December quarter State Accounts estimates released earlier this week were encouraging, with gross state product (GSP) growth recorded at 0.9 percent for the quarter and 3.4 percent through-the-year, which are very respectable growth rates, particularly with population growth … Continue reading
Posted in Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged exports, imports, netexports, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, stateaccounts, trade
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Coal and LNG push Qld commodity exports up to $1 billion per week
The surge in coal prices in the second half of 2016 and increased exports of LNG from Gladstone’s Curtis Island have pushed Queensland’s commodity exports to over $52 billion in 2016, or $1 billion per week, up from around $49 … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, coal, curtisisland, exports, gladstone, lng, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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Exports to bolster Qld economy in difficult year ahead
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt is doing his best to talk up the Queensland economy, noting in recent media releases that Queensland exports are soaring and that Deloitte is forecasting 4.5 per cent economic growth in Queensland in 2015-16 and 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Exports, Macroeconomy
Tagged curtisisland, deloitte, exports, gladstone, gsp, lng, meat, qld, queensland
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Undoubtedly China crash bigger risk to Australia than Grexit
The news.com.au finance reporter Frank Chung is right to note the risks to Australia from a possible crash in China are much greater than the risks from the Greek crisis (see Chinese chaos worse than Greece). We are much more … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Trade
Tagged australia, china, exports, greece, grexit, japan, qld, queensland
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Strong LNG-led export growth means Qld should record economic recovery in first half of 2015
Queensland appears on track to record a recovery from the technical recession of the second-half of 2014, due to a large increase in exports in recent months, in part associated with the LNG now being shipped out of Gladstone (see … Continue reading
Posted in Exports, Macroeconomy
Tagged coal, exports, lng, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, treasury
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New evidence stimulus worsened our competitiveness from Makin & Ratnasiri
Griffith University Economics Professor Tony Makin and his co-author Shyama Ratnasiri have just published an interesting paper (Competitiveness and government expenditure: The Australian example) presenting new econometric evidence that suggests fiscal stimulus in response to the financial crisis worsened Australia’s … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged aussiedollar, australia, budget, competitiveness, exchangerate, exports, fiscalpolicy, interestrates, monetarypolicy, nontradables, rba, stimulus
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