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Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... decline since January 2009 that indicates further deterioration in the labour market going forward. Similarly, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Feb 2020" report underscores the trade ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... coronavirus for several days running aren't good news enough, the latest purchasing managers' survey from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) provides an early indication that economic activity there has returned to expansion. The official manufacturing ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... alleged MOBE would refuse refunds and only honour them if the investors threatened to go to regulators. Director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, Andrew Smith, said: "MOBE falsely promised consumers that it could teach them how to start a ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'..." - Dolly Parton The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the growth of wages among the country's workers is that it's not. The Statistician's ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... was recruited to work in China through the Thousand Talents Program, which he claimed had been described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as "a non-traditional espionage program". "That explains why CalPERS invested [USD]$3.1 billion in 172 Chinese ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
On the anniversary of the Royal Commission's final report, AFA chief Phil Kewin reflects on the year that was and how the playbook - and rules - changed for advisers. It's been 12 months since the financial services sector was hit with Commissioner ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside Aladdin's lamp. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation inched to 1.8% in the year to the December ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... changed expectations with markets pricing in only a 24% chance of a February rate cut from 60% a day before the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) release the "good news" on the domestic labour market. Not surprisingly, the Australian jumped by more ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... the reading of 134.0 points is above its long-term average of 130.0 and is 8.4% higher than a year ago. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release its December 2019 update on the labour market today. However, the estimates are likely to be ...