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'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the feeling I got after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Wage Price Index (WPI) report showing that the country's employers continue to play Mr. & Mrs. Scrooge. ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... sweeter (well depending on one's viewpoint, certainly not the RBAs) by last week's report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing the country's headline CPI inflation rate decelerated to a lower than expected 1.8% in the September quarter. ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) "Labour Force" report shows the door to employment is not only open but it's getting wider. The trend is our friend. ...

NZ Super Fund invests in Aussie farm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... attractive long-term investment and a good diversifier for our portfolio," he said. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors; during 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... continues, we could forget Westpac's outlook for steady rates through to the year 2019 too. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade report showed retail spending dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in the month of August. Worse, July's ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... that, in turn, weakens consumer spending and by extension, overall growth in the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'Household Income Account' report showed that the annual growth rate in gross disposable income slowed from 2.1% in the ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... access to information when shaping their investment, policy and decisions." Comparatively, the Australian Bureau of Statistics examines the entire businesses community in a yearly count of entries and exits, but doesn't provide regular or specific analysis ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... rise, hope and wish and pray some more. While the headline seasonally adjusted numbers of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report were undeniably positive - employment up by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... one that's captured in the latest NAB survey which showed a deceleration in labour costs and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) wage price index that remained at a record low 1.9% in the year to the March quarter (the ABS will release the June ...