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Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation growth decelerated from the 1.6% quarterly rate in the ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... domestic labour market... and it was good. "In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 50,000 workers found employment in December - in line with market expectations. Though ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said early to mid-December is a seasonal peak for jobs each ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... than consensus expectations for a 6.1% gain and accelerating from the third quarter's 4.9% annual rate. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) noted that the acceleration in economic growth came mostly from mining, while manufacturing grew at a ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... secretary of the Treasury, reporting to Yellen. Adeyemo was the first chief of staff for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and serves as president of the Obama Foundation. He was the senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration. ...

PNG super fund to evict settlers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Papua New Guinea's largest superannuation fund claimed victory over a small community which had settled on land owned by the fund more than two decades ago. Bushwara, a community outside of Port Moresby, was issued eviction notices by Nambawan Super ...

Household wealth hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... household wealth increased 1.7% to a record high of $11.35 trillion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of finance and wealth Amanda Seneviratne said the September quarter estimate surpassed the previous ...

ASIC to improve default insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... membership base." In 2018, ASIC raised many of these concerns in Report 591 Insurance in superannuation. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics data, ASIC highlighted the fact that more than half of the workforce is employed in primarily administrative ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the domestic economy rebounded by 3.3% in the September quarter, recovering nearly half of the ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
It wasn't that long ago when financial markets expended much speculation on the outcome of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure" quarterly survey, for not only does it provide an ...