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SA bucks the national trend with a 1.5% increase in private investment spending. Still well behind public spending but a good relative sign of a strong overall growth performance.

Jobless rate fell slightly in Aus in Nov - more people working, fewer not. In SA, unemployment rate fell as well, but not because more people are working, but because people left the labour market. Participation rates fell 0.7% versus 0.1% nationally FIVEAA ABC Adelaide

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Nov SA retail sales remain strong driven by department store and clothing sales (ie Black Friday).

Rising Unempl not all good (inflation) news as participation rates rise and underemployment falls with SA seeing the largest drop in those looking for more work.

Australian Business Turnover is positive but remains very weak. Sharp declines in annual retail (-1.4%) and mining (-10%) while construction (9.4%) and transport/warehousing (8.2%) remain strong.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday morning that her country had reached a series of agreements with Trump and that tariffs will be put on hold for one month, starting now. A White House official confirmed the one-month delay. by Victoria Guida politico.com/news/2025/02/0…

Business turnover weak in December -only 0.4% rise. But annual growth remains steady at 3.3%.

China’s MOFCOM reportedly delays approval for carmaker BYD to build a plant in Mexico amid concerns that the technology developed by China’s biggest electric-vehicle maker could leak across the border to the United States. ft.com/content/36ae6f…

Not much change in employment numbers. In SA the # people working as a share of those in the workforce 👇but the unempl rate also 👇 - that's because the number of people participating fell.

No wonder they kept the calculations under such secrecy. If this had been released in advance, it would’ve attracted boundless derision

Job vacancies remain relatively flat in SA, but still above Pre-COVID levels.

88% of the variance in bilateral trade imbalances is not due to asymmetric trade costs (e.g., tariffs, NTBs, etc.). Thus, it is perhaps not correct/fair to use bilateral trade imbalance to calculate asymmetric trade costs. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… VoxEU

Trump's tariffs? No one was asking for any of this. A recent Gallup poll found that 81% of Americans surveyed believe trade is a growth opportunity—the highest since the poll began in 1992—and only 14% view trade as an economic threat. by Douglas Irwin economist.com/by-invitation/…

Whatever the spin, lower tariffs are a big win for American businesses and consumers. While 30% is still high, it’s a level that should still allow some trade.

By the end of 2023, over 500 new raw material products were added to the list of products with at least one export restriction. See what this shift means for countries access to critical raw material supplies ⤵️ oecd.org/en/publication…

AUS had 👆 people working in April, 👆 people unemployed but 👆 people in the labour market 🟰 no change in the unemployment rate. SA👇 people working but 👇people in the labour market 🟰no change in the unemployment rate.Credit Union SA South Australian Business Chamber David & Will ABC Adelaide