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Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... index was little changed to 93.20 from 93.16. Not even when on the same day of the release, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that remains on the up and up. The annual headline inflation rate increased to a 13-year high of 5.4% in September ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its "National Accounts" report for the June 2021 quarter, and it was good... nay, it was great! The report showed the economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, taking ...

ERS re-contributions won't be taxed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... cap. In total, super funds released $36.4 billion in 2020 under the ERS scheme. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average withdrawals were $7728 and $7536 across the two tranches.

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... research Laura Ryan said there are two main streams of data science - which have very stark differences. In terms of statistics, this technique imposes structure on the data whereas machine learning usually uses algorithms. One of the biggest issues ...

Superannuation assets hit $3.3tn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... ago. Of this, $2.26 trillion are APRA-regulated, up 17.2% from previous years, according to June-end superannuation statistics released by APRA on August 24. MySuper products stood at $903 billion, an increase of 22.5% from June 2020. Self-managed superannuation ...

APRA expands life insurance data reporting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... said it will not go ahead with this proposal. APRA's upcoming reports - the Quarterly General Insurance Performance Statistics and Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics for the September 2021 reference period - will include the charges. Initial ...

Wage growth remains low

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... growth. The rate of growth over the quarter was one of the lowest rates recorded for the series," Australian Bureau of Statistics head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The lowest quarterly wage growth by industry was 0.1% for the electricity ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... gets back on track in the December 2021 quarter. There were good news in the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that non-farm payrolls grew by 943K in July. This is the biggest addition to employment in 11 months and greater ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... much, that the prices of consumer goods and services have gone up... until now. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the country's annual headline inflation rate spiked to 3.8% in June from 1.1% in the March quarter. That's ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... adapt to these reforms and need help and support, and many are suffering from depression and burnout according to those statistics, Perera said. "It is really concerning and we are trying to support them and we just [want to] put that to the government," ...