Thursday 18th April 2019

China delivered some more positive results in the last 24 hours, leading to questions about whether the fears of a pronounced economic slowdown have been overplayed. So, is this good news for Australia? Phil Dobbie asks NAB’s David de Garis why we’re not seeing a positive reaction in the Aussie dollar which is stuck in a very tight trading range. Plus, what’s inside the Fed’s beige book, Germany’s big cut in growth forecasts, the reduced US trade deficit and the significance of today’s Aussie employment numbers and NAB Business Survey.