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Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... spending account for around 60% of the Australian economy. The NAB report tried to put lipstick by pointing out that its "wage growth proxy" - which adjusts the labour cost measure for employment changes - points to higher wages growth (therefore underpinning ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... 2019 (from 1.7%) - "domestic inflationary pressures are expected to rise. The firming of shorter-term measures of wage growth in recent quarters, and a range of survey indicators that suggests pay growth will rise further in response to the tightening ...

Go your own way: AXA IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... of asset-backed security from China that doesn't even exist yet." With 375 million middle class citizens and real wage growth of 8%, Chinese consumers are set to become crucial to the health of the global economy. "We need to be focusing on these opportunities ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... the previous quarter. Recall the RBA's words: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." But the outlook for inflation is also important for wage growth (and ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... the previous quarter. Recall the RBA's words, "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook". But the outlook for inflation is also important for wage growth (and ...

Soaring education costs require financial plan: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... for Education Index shows the rising costs of school fees, which skyrocketed 61% in the last decade, have dwarfed wage growth of 34%. Sydney parents can spend more than $547,414 on their child's education, $72,072 higher than parents from other parts ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... Australian labour market is improving - the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since February 2013 (5.4%) - wage growth remains sluggish. The wage price index grew by 2.0% in the year to the September 2017 quarter, only a tad higher than the record ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... growth is pretty good; where people are confident; where companies are expanding, and capital spending is growing; wage growth is picking up; job growth is pretty good and people have a good outlook and are looking ahead," Baur said. In the last decade ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... the February quarter. We might not need the patience of Job to see stronger job creation flow through into faster wage growth.

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... Australians all, may just get higher pay increases we haven't been getting since the global financial crisis - around 4.0% wage growth pre-GFC and 2.0% as at the September quarter. But note Alan's statement that "wage costs are impacting confidence". ...