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Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... financial event or by macroeconomic policies but by society's efforts to contain a pandemic." He cited last week's Australian Bureau of Statistics data which showed 600,000 Australians had lost their jobs in April and another 750,000 had been stood down ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... business activity through the re-imposition of social distancing and lockdown measures. Latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the CBA-Markit Economics surveys underscore the disastrous impact of restrictions has had on the Australian ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
"Tell him he's dreaming!" The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report showing that the country's unemployment rose from 5.2% in March to ONLY 6.2% in April surely is a pleasant dream considering the nightmarish backdrop of the long ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... relatively diverse member bases. It seems the economic pain driving early release is being felt in all corners. The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed this week that employment fell by 594,300 people between March and April this year. A further ...

Unemployment already over 15%: Roy Morgan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... unemployment data released by Roy Morgan today paints a far gloomier picture of Australia's workforce than the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest data from March. Roy Morgan found 15.3% of the workforce (2.16 million people) were unemployed while ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... accomplished! This would have been the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) self-congratulatory exclamation after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter - higher ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... from a negative print (at best). Together, hoarders and panic-buyers sent Australian retail sales to what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labelled "unprecedented demand" in March. Preliminary estimates by the ABS show that retail spending soared ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
If this is as bad as it gets, give me coronavirus everyday (well, hope not). The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that employment increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... process JobSeeker payments. The exact number of people left unemployed by the shutdowns is yet to be clear in Australian Bureau of Statistics numbers, but estimates suggest one million people could be jobless. Managing director of Health and Finance ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... sector of the economy who are all-in on getting America back to work, and soon. More to come!" It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports unemployment remained steady in March at 5.2% (lifting just 0.1% from February's figures). During ...