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Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... net, China is predominantly a nation of savers. But as the baby boomer generation retires, the resultant shrinking labour force will put upward pressure on wages and therefore generate a higher level of consumption. "In the past the strategy for investors ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Global Financial Crisis, Cambridge University Press,2012. 2 Unemployment figure based on June 2014 seasonally adjusted labour force numbers. Decline in GDP based on seasonally adjusted National Accounts, year to March 2014.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June labour force data. And, the NAB's June Quarter Australian Residential Property Survey is expected. In equities news, Telstra chief executive ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June labour force data. And, the NAB's June Quarter Australian Residential Property Survey is expected. In equities news, Telstra chief executive ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... also Fed Chair Yellen's yellin' three months ago, when she told you, I and Irene about the "considerable slack" in the labour market. "Large numbers of partly unemployed workers, stagnant wages, lower labor-force participation and longer periods of joblessness" ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... year. This included among others, lowering company taxes, increasing women's and older workers participation in the labour force, lifting the birth rate (because of its ageing population), promoting the use of foreign workers, and so on. Then again ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,442. In economic news on Thursday, labour force data for May will be released. In company news, Nexus Energy shareholders will meet to vote on Seven Group's proposed takeover. ...

Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... other Australians who make a living with skilled hands and strong backs," he said. "Many of them started work at 15 - don't force them to work till they're 70. Rather, empowering Australian workers to save for retirement is so important." As the policy ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... in the second quarter. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases April's labour force figures and March's overseas arrivals and departures numbers. The West Australian budget will be brought down on Thursday. ...