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| | | ... constraining domestic spending which is a bigger contributor to the economy. This is because high inflation erodes real wages. Real wage growth had been negative since February this year as inflation accelerated faster than growth in nominal wages. Nominal ... |
| | | | ... despite the cheerier mood, Australians remain saddled with record high household debt, sluggish wages growth (zero real wages growth), rising utility costs, decreasing disposable income and dwindling savings. The Australian consumer has no choice but ... |
| | | | ... relatively stronger Australian dollar during the period. Faced with record high household debt, sluggish wages growth (zero real wages growth), rising utility costs, decreasing disposable income and dwindling savings, the Australian consumer has no choice ... |
| | | | ... quarter. Factor in headline CPI inflation of 1.9% over the same period and we get... nada, zilch, bupkis growth in real wages. Yes Virgina, we're working just to standstill. Yet, we're borrowing up to our eyeballs. Our household debt as a percentage ... |
| | | | ... prove Vlieghe's expectations for an "easing back of inflation" correct. This, in turn, would underpin a turnaround in real wages from negative to positive and encourage spending. But it's not as simple as that because households will be hit by higher ... |
| | | | ... that slow growth in nominal wages is being outpaced by increases in consumer prices. For the June quarter growth in real wages (nominal wages adjusted for headline inflation) is zero in the June quarter. The RBA's 'Statement on Monetary Policy August ... |
| | | | ... low 1.9% in the March quarter. But this isn't the problem for wages are still growing. The problem is real, growth in real wages (nominal wages adjusted for inflation) that is - it's now negative. In simple terms, wages are growing by less than the increase ... |
| | | | ... high of 2.8% but headline inflation has slowed faster from 2.8% to 1.7% over the same period. This lifted growth in real wages from 0.04% to 0.81%. Not only this, the BEA notes that: "Real disposable personal income-personal income adjusted for taxes ... |
| | | | ... quarters. Not a good prognosis in terms of household income that would boost consumer spending. More so, given that real wages (nominal wages less inflation) has turned slightly negative in the March quarter of this year. The correlation between the ... |
| | | | ... the March quarter GDP growth slowdown as temporary: "Consumption growth remains subdued, reflecting slow growth in real wages and high levels of household debt." So much so that it removed it's phrase "economic growth is still expected to increase gradually ... |
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