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UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... interest rate hike coming soon to a theatre near us then? Perhaps. Then again, the labour market report also showed wage growth eased to 0.7% in April from 0.9% previously. This suggests that the slack in the economy Carney talks of is still there. At ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Wage growth rates in Australia are significantly lagging Asia, but rather than showing Australia to be under-performing they reflect inflation and productivity growth differentials. A survey just released by the global management consultancy, Hay Group ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... unemployment is just 5%, there hasn't been a recession for 21 years and Australian businesses are delivering real wage growth. "These are figures that the Reserve Bank called economic nirvana." He added that, "Interest rates a significantly higher than ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... compared to 8.25 per cent today. Weaker domestic demand is also likely to reduce domestic price pressures and slow wage growth. Even more concerning, despite the world food shortage, "Primary industries recorded their largest quarterly decline since ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... Dr Claus said. "On the one hand, the survey results suggest that no wage price spiral is emerging as basic hourly wage growth is restrained. "On the other hand, the robust total pay growth is dampening the negative impact of high energy and food prices ...

From Slovakia with love

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... per cent year-on-year, from 16 per cent growth a month earlier. A slowdown in net exports is expected to see real wage growth cool off, but budget spending is only expected to rise moderately as the government strives to meet the Maastricht fiscal criterion ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... the year to February there were 12.8 per cent more vacancies on a trend basis and this in addition to the highest wage growth in a decade and more bouyant housing market and consumer demand data suggests a little more pressure on the RBA when it meets ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... re-examine its interest rate stance. In addition to the CPI data, that on retail sales, new vehicle sales, average wage growth and the housing market will need monitoring. Building Approvals data was released yesterday showing that on a seasonally adjusted ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... underpins the negative impact expensive petrol prices, rising interest rates, a softening housing market and weak wage growth are having on American households. In a preview of what's to be expected when the US payrolls report is released on Friday night ...

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... Richardson added, "More flexible IR laws mean that wages are also tied to productivity, limiting the impact of strong wage growth affecting other sectors, so you can run the economy faster than you could before." But Richardson said that in spite of ...