April - June quarter data from Australia.

Business Inventories -1.9%

  • expected 0.4%, prior 1.2%
  • the surprise drop in this will drag down Q2 GDP by around 1%

Gross Company Profits -13.1% q/q

  • expected -1.9%, prior +0.5%
  • mining company profits slumped, dragging down this number

Company Profits Pre-Tax -14.6% q/q

  • prior -7.5%

more to come

Also published were Australian ANZ Indeed Job Advertisements for August: -1.9% m/m

  • prior +0.7%
  • for the y/y -7.7% (note they are up more than 50% compared with pre-pandemic numbers_)