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Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... the confusing message from the latest instalment of the US non-farm payrolls report - you know the one, the one where employment grew by less than expected and the unemployment rate dropped by more than expected. This is jobs growth in America has not ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... most recent Australian job stats coming in higher than expected and full-time jobs accounted for all the increase in employment in June. Full-time employment increased by 24,500 over the month while part-time jobs decreased by 17,200. This bodes well ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... carrying "historically high levels of cash that could be responsibly invested in Queensland to deliver much needed employment and economic growth." The Treasurer said that the Labor government's guiding principle is not to sell or lease income-generating ...

Australian market strong after miners' gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... Within analyst Janine Cox said the market had shrugged off recent negativity and was also buoyed by better than expected employment figures. "It's easy for shareholders to get panicky quickly," Ms Cox said. "The market is trending upward nicely and I ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... eggs by an average of 10% in real terms while also saving about $7 billion pa by 2055 in net recurrent fiscal outlays. Employment participation rates for older workers will obviously increase - the PC estimates by about 2%. The fiscal savings are due ...

The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... It's been hours! Stop hogging the BLS website people. Never mind, I could get bits and pieces of the details of the US employment report from, er, the headlines and the spins around the headlines. What I found were confusing indications on the US labour ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... create and which, in turn, would turn consumer and business optimism into pessimism and subsequently, spending and employment. Hey wait! I just noticed, I'm now beginning to sound like Christine. IMF head Christine Lagarde, that is. Earlier this month ...

Former FPA chair to leave Hood Sweeney

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... that's critical to remain at the industry forefront and maintain a high performance culture. Our strong local graduate employment program is built around this," he said. "For our clients it is business as usual with our focus to remain on providing the ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Insurance is the least attractive financial services employment sector for women born between 1980 and 1995, according to PwC research. PwC's report, "Female millennials in financial services: strategies for a new era of talent", is based on a global ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Tax White Paper addresses the relationships and interdependencies between the age pension, superannuation, tax and employment, and it has received submissions from all sectors of the financial services industry. In particular, many industry bodies have ...