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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... analysts. The report also included large upward revisions to jobs growth in November and December and said hourly wage growth gained 0.5 per cent, a big improvement after a December drop. In local economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... The participation rate dropped to 62.7% in September - the lowest since I was still in high school (February 1978) - wage growth (what wage growth?) was unchanged over the month and actually slowed to 2.3% in the year to September from 2.5% in the previous ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... edged up just 0.1 per cent. The report was weaker than analysts expected and highlighted the fragile economy where wage growth is minimal and unemployment, though easing, remains high. LONDON - European stock markets clawed back some ground despite weak ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... confidence is well below average," she said. "There are a lot of headwinds from high levels of indebtedness and low wage growth. The term we use for the economy is one of 'muddling through.'" Gleave's insight in the context of the wider Asian and emerging ...

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 ...