Economics

Respected industry voice

Ai Group's leading economists monitor the performance of Australia's manufacturing services and construction sectors, provide economic forecasts and assessments of industry sectors, as well as a range of issue specific reports and surveys. This information is available to members, with some products available to the public. Keep up-to-date with the trends and projections which affect your business and industry sector.

Products

• Australian Industry Group Performance Indices - Australian PMI®, Australian PSI® and Australian PCI®.
   
• Economic outlook and forecasts: Australian Industry Group annual economic forecasts for industry.
   
• Construction Outlook: The Construction Outlook report is based on the responses of 100 companies employing almost 60,000 persons with combined turnover of almost $30 billion or approximately 30% of total industry activity.
   
• Economics Research: The Ai Group Economics and Research Unit produce economic research on topical business related issues. These take the form of detailed Economics Research Reports and shorter Economics Research Notes.
   
• Economic alerts: The Economic Alerts provide a quick review of important economic data releases on the day they occur. These alerts include Australian Bureau of Statistics data releases; Reserve Bank monetary policy announcements and analysis; and domestic and global economic forecasts prepared by among others the International Monetary Fund, OECD and the Reserve Bank.  
   
• Weekly Economics Report: The Ai Group Economics and Research Unit produce a Weekly Economics Report which reviews the given week’s data releases and their implications for business as well as preview the key forthcoming data releases for the week ahead. 
       
• Your Industry - Economics: The Ai Group Economics and Research Unit produce an industry overview for all industries and an analysis of inter-industry linkages for manufacturing sectors which provides useful information on the scope and economic importance of each industry. 
   
• State Economic Overview: A snapshot of State economics.
    
• Budget briefings: The Budget briefings include Federal and State pre-budget submissions and post-budget analysis.