{"id":6232,"date":"2012-11-20T19:04:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2012-11-20T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T00:04:06","slug":"australia-leading-indicator-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/20\/australia-leading-indicator-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Leading indicator surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annualised growth rate of the Westpac\u2013Melbourne Institute Leading Index jumped from \u20130.4% in April to 4.1% in September this year &#8212; above its long-term average of 2.8%. According to Westpac, main contributors to the growth improvement were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>manufacturing materials prices (1.2 ppt\u2019s);<\/li>\n<li>overtime worked (1.0 ppt\u2019s);<\/li>\n<li>productivity (1.2 ppt\u2019s);<\/li>\n<li>corporate operating surplus (1.1 ppt\u2019s);<\/li>\n<li>dwelling approvals (1.0 ppt\u2019s); and<\/li>\n<li>All Ordinaries index (0.2 ppt\u2019s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Negative influences were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S industrial production (\u20130.9 ppt\u2019s); and<\/li>\n<li>real money supply (\u20130.2 ppt\u2019s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annualised growth rate of the Westpac\u2013Melbourne Institute Leading Index jumped from \u20130.4% in April to 4.1% in September this year &#8212; above its long-term average of 2.8%. 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