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Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... overall index value have primarily resulted from an increase in the level of pension fund assets and a rise in the labour force participation rate amongst those aged 55-64. The results also showed that Denmark received an overall index value of 82.9 ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... off the trigger for another month or something ominous that it would have no option but the fire? Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, Sep 2012" report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics good or bad? The answer, it seems, depends on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... contract was down 25 points at 4,459. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases Labour force data for September while Reserve Bank of Australia head of financial stability Luci Ellis delivers a speech to the Paul Wooley ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... rate of joblessness wouldn't be dropping if not for all those jobseekers who've given up jobseeking. The civilian labour force participation rate has fallen from 65.4% when the Big O first sat on that chair in the Oval Office at the West Wing of the ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... the 3.25% - 3.5% trend, isn't it? Even the "disappointing" 3.7% growth in the second quarter is above trend. The Labour Force Report for August due out today could reinforce or weaken the markets' negative view on the Australian economy. Market consensus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... debt crisis. In local economic news on Thursday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release August Labour force data. In equities news, News Ltd chief executive Kim Williams is due to speak at the PANPA newspaper forum in Sydney. In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... year to near zero. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour force figures. In equities news, Telstra shares fell nine cents, or 2.27 per cent, to $3.88 after its full year profit of $3.4 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour force figures. In equities news, Tabcorp Holdings, News Corporation and Telstra Corporation are all due to post full year results ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... speech to The Economists' Bellwether Series 2012 (Australia) in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for June while the HIA-RP Data Residential land report for March quarter is also due out. In equities news, Metcash ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Prime Minister has rushed to dismiss calls to increase the retirement age to 70, even though unlocking labour force participation for women and older people is seen as one the best approaches to boosting productivity and GDP. The Grattan Institute ...