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Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... Wage growth has remained sluggish - up 2.1% in the December 2017 quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the March 2018 quarter update. Expectations are for wages growth to remain steady at 2.1% ...

More mums in the workforce: ABS

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... mums are active in the workforce - an increase of about seven percentage points over the 10 years to 2016. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also points out mothers are increasingly likely to be employers of self-employed. This percentage rose from ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... says. The significant drop in cattle numbers has invariably resulted in declining production and profitably. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Agriculture Census, released in July 2017, shows farmers have drastically modified practices to align with ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The financial markets' response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report was a big "HO-HUM." With the report released a day before ANZAC Day, the response could have been because market players' thoughts were on something ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... packaging. The French are the most stubborn about access for agriculture." (AFR) This comes at a time when the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) forecast, "The gross value of farm production... to decline by 5 per cent ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The Australian central bank kept the ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Looking at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market, one couldn't help but exclaim that it was a wonderful set of (seasonally adjusted) numbers. The economy added another 17,500 jobs in February following ...

Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that the annual growth rate in Australian residential property prices continued to ease in the December 2017 quarter. The "weighted average of eight capital cities" residential property ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Toto, we're still in Kansas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy grew by 2.4% in the year to the December quarter - a tad slower than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last ...