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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... was up 14 points at 5,738. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases January Labour force data and December overseas arrivals and departures figures. Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... down 60 points at 5,191. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases November labour force data while the Housing Industry Association's housing scorecard for December is also due out. No major equities news is expected. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics are expected to release the results of an independent technical review of its Labour Force figures. Meanwhile, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey and the National Australia Bank's business survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... up 14 points at 5,518. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October's labour force data. The HIA trades report for the September quarter is also due out. In equities news, News Corp is expected to post first ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... you (them)". Keep watching those economic data. All of 'em except for the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report which, after taking pains to explain that the outsized 121K increased in August employment was correct because it "has ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... unbelievably beautiful set of numbers that they were, well... simply unbelievable. Talkin' here 'bout "Catalogue 6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, Aug 2014" the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released yesterday, folks. Australia's unemployment ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest rates? It's safe to assume that we could have heard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... down eight points at 5,450. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases July labour force data and June overseas arrivals and departures figures. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... net, China is predominantly a nation of savers. But as the baby boomer generation retires, the resultant shrinking labour force will put upward pressure on wages and therefore generate a higher level of consumption. "In the past the strategy for investors ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Global Financial Crisis, Cambridge University Press,2012. 2 Unemployment figure based on June 2014 seasonally adjusted labour force numbers. Decline in GDP based on seasonally adjusted National Accounts, year to March 2014.