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Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... requirement that part of the retirement benefit must be taken as an income stream Increasing the labour force participation rate at older ages Introducing a mechanism to increase the pension age as life expectancy continues to increase Increasing the ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... While the unemployment rate steadied at 5.1% in September from August, this is largely due to the drop in the participation rate from 64.6% to an almost 40-year low of 64.4%. There weren't any positives from the details of the report as well. There was ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... with other "data" that the Fed is watching and advices us to watch - revisions to previous month's numbers; participation rate; U-6 unemployment; average workweek; average hourly earnings; etcetera. The sheer scope of which increases the likelihood that ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... when it grew between 2.0% and 2.2%). It's currently at 2.1%. The unemployment rate - steady at 5.3% -- and the participation rate - steady at 62.6% -- in July offered little guidance. But the other unemployment measures - Madam Janet's measure of labour ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... ticked up to 6.0% from a downwardly revised 5.9% in the previous month, it was pulled up by the increase in the participation rate from 64.7% in May to 64.8 - an indication of workers' optimism over finding a job. The improvement in the labour market ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... those who currently retire involuntarily and will lead to only a marginal 2% increase in the overall workforce participation rate," Garcia said. "We question the benefit of such a policy change that will only make it harder for a significant number of ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Following successive government plans to lift the age at which retirees can access their age pension, policymakers are pushing ahead with proposals to lift the Preservation Age. The Productivity Commission (PC) has just released research that they believe ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... to 6.1% in March from 6.2% in February and 6.3% in January. The decline in the jobless rate came despite the participation rate increasing to 64.8% - the highest since July last year - from 64.7%. How good is that? You want more? There's more. Aggregate ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... February from 2.2% in the previous month (wages growth had a 3 in front of it before the GFC). Likewise, the participation rate edged down to 62.8% from 62.9 in January and average weekly hours worked remained unchanged at 34.6 hours. The point is anyone ...