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Quotes from Standard Chartered:
-We place Australia in the 'moderate risk' category in terms of overall leverage. As the economy rebalances structurally and the focus turns to domestic consumption and non-resource-led growth, Australia's Achilles' heel is in the household sector. The country's total debt level is low overall compared to other major economies, but the high level and concentration of debt among households is an area of vulnerability.
-The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has reduced the policy cash rate by 200bps since November 2011 to a low of 2.75%. Easy credit, a booming housing market and a push for greater consumer consumption can be a risky combination if households leverage up excessively. In Australia's case, though, domestic conditions have led to softer demand for debt from businesses and households as they consolidate following high levels of debt earlier.
-Recent data indicates that households are moving in the right direction, taking advantage of current low interest rates to repay their existing debt and deleverage. Further deleveraging from high levels is needed to ensure adequate debt repayment capacity as interest rise in the future, in our view.
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Australia December Unemployment Rate 5.4%
A gauge measuring inflation in Australia came in higher by 0.4 percent on month in December, TD Securities said on Monday - after easing 0.1 percent in November.
On a yearly basis, CPI was called higher by 2.4 percent, dipping from 2.5 percent in the previous month.
That keeps inflation within the Reserve Bank of Australia's comfort zone, after the central bank trimmed interest rates last month by 25 basis points or 3.00 percent.
The RBA does not meet in January and will not decide until February 5 whether or not to take any further action on rates.
"We are of the view that the cash rate should remain at the already record low of three percent," TD Securities head of Asia-Pacific research Annette Beacher said in a statement.
Australia's retail sales unexpectedly declined in November amid sharp reduction in sales at department stores and in household goods category, the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.
Retail sales fell 0.1 percent month-on-month to A$21.5 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis in November against expectations for a 0.3 percent growth. This followed a flat reading in October.
Sales of household goods declined 0.9 percent month-on-month in November and trade at department stores slipped 0.4 percent. There was zero growth in food retailing and 0.6 percent drop in clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing.
Retail sales in Australia continue to disappoint, following on from a soft report in October, Tom Kennedy, an economist at J. P. Morgan Australia, said. "What little strength that we have seen in the retail report over the past few months has largely been generated by food retailing, which is likely being driven by an increase in prices, rather than a surge in demand."
The economists said real consumption has been very soft during the final three months of the year.
Separately, the statistical office reported that job vacancies in Australia fell to 166,800 in September-November from 179,200 in the three months through August after adjusting for seasonal variations. This was the lowest level since May 2010.
In a report today, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) said that new home sales posted a second consecutive monthly improvement in November driven by higher demand for detached houses.
Home sales rose 4.7 percent in November. However, HIA said that sales still remained at quite low levels. In the three months to November, the volume of sales was 15.7 percent lower than in the same period in 2011.
