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Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to overall economic output." Heck, I just realised I could have just replaced Holden with Toyota in my ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's premier testimony to Congress, with attention focused on how she views recent employment weakness. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 7.45 points (0.05 per cent) at 15,801.53. The broad-based ...

A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... to some extent." The top three barriers to sufficient retirement savings continue to be major health issues, loss of employment and lack of formal investment plan. At the same time, only 3.5% think they will have more than enough money to maintain their ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... January and therefore, points to continued well, expansion in the US economy. How the markets see and hear the January US employment report - set for release later tonight - would be crucial in setting the tone for financial markets over at least... ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... to the 175K reported by ADP right? Could be good but let me remind you about the match (or mismatch) between the ADP employment numbers and the official one only last month - employment jumped by 238K in December (ADP), it increased by only 74K according ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... increases instead. A Credit Suisse report called "The rise of the Selfies" notes that SMSFs "are retarding investment, employment and growth in Australia." A financial adviser quoted by Credit Suisse said that "the army of SMSFs will be happy buyers ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Australia's unemployment rate is set to pass 6% in the coming year, and could go further if the Abbott government does not address labour market regulation, according to The Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... labour market - down to 64.6% (the lowest level since mid-2006) in December - or the 22,600 heads taken out of the employment roster in the same month. This isn't consistent with the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey that showed consumer sentiment ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014