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Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
"Wage growth in Australia has grown at an annual rate of 2.1%, continuing to stabilise between 2-2.1% over the past four quarters." That's the positive spin from ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman. Not necessarily negative - wages are still growing ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Just in time for tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monthly board meeting, ME Bank published the results of the 14th survey of its "Household Financial Comfort Report", taken last June. "The ME Household Financial Comfort Report provides ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Boom! That's the sound of the US economy popping up to an annualised rate of 4.1% in the second quarter of 2018, up from an upwardly revised 2.2% (from 2%) expansion in the first quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, it's ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter  ...

Deductible super contributions front of mind: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
After reforms paved the way for more Australians to top up their superannuation, financial adviser queries around deductible personal super contributions have increased. According to BT Financial Advice's (BTFA) technical team, the top query from financial ...

Financial services executives in the money

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Following a highly successful IPO and 41% increase in funds under administration, the last 12 months has seen Netwealth's Michael and Matt Heine named among Australia's richest executives. Netwealth joint managing directors Michael and Matt Heine have ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Who better to talk about trade than the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In its latest report the WTO put into perspective the goings-on in the on-going global war on trade. To wit: "A total of 39 new trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies ...

Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... good news is that, my back of the envelope calculations show that the wage price index has to grow by 0.18% in the June quarter (1.68% year-on-year) to match the Budget 2018/19 forecast of 2.25% growth. The tax cuts embedded in the Budget should also ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The financial markets' response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report was a big "HO-HUM." With the report released a day before ANZAC Day, the response could have been because market players' thoughts were on something ...