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Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... quarter - the same annual rate of growth recorded in the September and December quarters of 2018. Yes, Virginia - wage growth would have been weaker if not for the "regularly scheduled wage rises." Nothing organic! Private sector wages grew by 2.4% in ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... Stevens' declaration when at the helm of the RBA: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." Ergo, the outlook for inflation depends on the wages outlook. ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... will. While this would certainly improve Australia's terms of trade, the sharply weakening property market, tepid wage growth and household consumption dictates the RBA would need to cut interest rates sometime this year.

Australia back in the black

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Budget documents read. "As spare capacity in the labour market continues to be reduced and economic growth strengthens, wage growth is expected to pick up."

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... should be roaring along under the combination of stubbornly low inflation, unemployment levels and persistently low wage growth. The fact it is not, is further evidence Australia's economy is stagnating. Holden also believes the Federal Budget on ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... gradually." And again in Feb 2018: "...it was possible that ongoing strength in the demand for labour might result in wage growth picking up by more than anticipated." The reasoning goes: "Growth in household income... is expected to pick up and support ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... markets will struggle on one side, while the US economy will prosper. The US labour force is in "terrific" shape and wage growth is accelerating, especially for low-wage employees whose pay are growing at 4% (minus 2% for inflation). That means standards ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... "take a toll on mining company income tax collections, while gloomier economic growth prospects will slow hiring and wage growth, which will weigh on individual income tax collections." Though the firm believes a 2019/20 financial year surplus is possible ...

Hiring continues but wage growth under pressure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... rate, which measures those people who want more hours of work, is stuck." "It will be hard to achieve stronger real wage growth without an improvement in underemployment. There is still spare capacity in the labour market. "We need to encourage businesses ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... happened since early 2005. It also pointed out that in the near term, a combination of low unemployment and modest wage growth and inflation is likely to keep Fed engaged in a gradual tightening cycle. Highlighted some structural headwinds on wages. ...