Innes Willox

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by a further 1.8 points to 61.7 in April, indicating a seventh consecutive month of recovery from the severe disruptions of Covid-19 in Q2 of 2020 and the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018. It is the third highest rate of growth […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) rose 1.5 points in February to 55.8 – the highest monthly result since June 2018 – with the recovery following the Covid-19 recession of 2020 gaining in strength (results above 50 points indicate expansion, with the distance from 50 points indicating the strength of […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) rose by 1.4 points to 54.3 over the summer holiday period (December 2020 and January 2021), indicating a further improvement in conditions following the Covid-19 recession of 2020 (results above 50 points indicate expansion, with the distance from 50 points indicating the strength of […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) declined by 4.2 points to 52.1 in November, indicating expanding conditions but at a slower rate than in October (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said, “The […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Business Index (Australian PBI) fell by 2.1 points to 42.6 in August, pointing to a further contraction in activity and at a faster pace than in July as renewed activity restrictions and border closures took effect (results below 50 points in the Australian PBI indicate deteriorating business conditions, […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 2.0 points to 53.5 in July, indicating a more convincing expansion as Australian manufacturing landed in positive territory for two consecutive months for the first time since October 2019 (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Business Index (Australian PBI) lifted by 1.8 points to 33.6 in June, pointing to a further contraction in activity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic but at a slightly slower pace than in May (results below 50 points in the Australian PBI indicate deteriorating business conditions, with lower […]

“Ai Group strongly welcomes the initiatives taken by the Prime Minister and the Government, particularly their backing of small business, and the welcome support of credit and cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank,” said Innes Willox, chief executive of the national employer association Ai Group. “The measures to facilitate lending to small and […]

The Australian Industry (Ai) Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) dropped 2.9 points to 45.4 in January, a third consecutive month of contraction that marked the lowest monthly result since 2015 (readings below 50 points indicate contraction in activity, with the distance from 50 indicating the strength of the contraction). January is traditionally […]

The Australian Industry Group’s latest CEO survey predicts deteriorating economic conditions for 2020 heightening the need for early action to stimulate the broader economy and for a determined effort to lift productivity. Ai Group’s annual Business Prospects report for 2020 is based on a survey of 252 CEOs in late 2019. The results show that […]