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Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... that the global economy is losing $25 trillion in productivity as a result of discrimination against women in the labour market. That is a quarter increase, if we overcame this problem, in global productivity."

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... a higher living standard in retirement than they have while working," he said. ISA also said inequalities in the labour market are both "reflected and exaggerated" in the super system, calling for the removal of the minimum superannuation threshold. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... lag from the RBA's 2019 interest rate hat trick does the trick in revitalising activity soon, the Australian labour market would continue to weaken. This is supported by several leading indicators. The ABS reports itself showing monthly hours worked ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... the workforce. She argued that more discussion was needed around the participation of temporary migrants in the labour market. Australia has a high proportion of international students and people on working holidays participating in the labour markets ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... 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 than half a percent versus the greenback but surprisingly, the All Ordinaries ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... over the next five years has deteriorated by 5.4% and 3.7% in the month of January. There's good news in the labour market - the unemployment expectations index fell by 2.9% in the month of January from December. But the reading of 134.0 points is ...

Chief economist update: More jobs dull rate cut bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... closed 0.3% lower after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market. This is because good news is bad news - that is, the good news on jobs bring bad news on expectations for another RBA interest ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... inflation reflects the direct effect of higher import prices and the rest comes from the indirect effects of a tighter labour market and stronger economic conditions." The AUD is key to how low Lowe goes.

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
RBA rate cut expectations strengthened after the release of worse-than-expected Australian labour market report. Duh! If financial markets were waiting for the jobs report to raise the odds of another Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate reduction ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... and 2021." Concluding with the assurance that: "The board will continue to monitor developments, including in the labour market, and is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support sustainable growth in the economy, full employment and ...