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Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on its Business Indicators, Australia report for the third quarter of this year makes for sober reading for investors dabbling in the country's share market (that makes all Australians ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... expectations for a 1% pick up. That's the headline splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Sep 2018. The headline numbers ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth rate since September quarter 2015." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) chief economist Bruce Hockman talking about the results of the Wage Price Index (WPI) report that showed wages - total hourly ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... dangerous, be careful." This is because Australian property prices are on the down low. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Residential Property Price Index' report showed the weighted average of eight capital cities house prices ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... unemployment rate has fallen to a six-year low of 5% in September (from 5.3% in August) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) trend measures show continued improvement in the country's labour market, the latest update on inflation disappoints. ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... up-to-date report on the country's labour market delivers extra positive underpinnings. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the economy added 5,600 workers in September. Although sharply lower than market expectations for a 23,000 ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... between 55 to 64 years old will have an average of $196,000, while men retire with a significantly larger amount of $310,000. ABS program manager Dean Bowley said one key influence driving the superannuation balance gap is that a higher proportion of ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... 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 after all - but the correct phrase should ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Australians, all, there's now 25 million of us... and counting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's population reached 25 million shortly after 11pm AEST on August 7. According to the report, population has ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... really an earth-shattering revelation but it confirms the stagnant growth in wages in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report and portends that the June quarter would not be much different from the 2.1% growth in ...