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Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... part-time jobs (up by 24,600). Full-time jobs fell by 3000 that followed a 7300 subtraction in the previous month. This does nothing to improve the outlook for consumer spending for as dictated by the "permanent income hypothesis", consumption and spending ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... clicks away. For as May said so herself: "It is clear the House does not support this deal. But tonight's vote tells us nothing about what it does support." David Cameron must be thanking his lucky stars when he decided to cut clean and leave his ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... workers, specifying women and young people. "The proposed changes are all about giving more power to the big banks and have nothing to do with making sure more working people have a secure and comfortable retirement," O'Neil said. "If the government ...

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... survey has revealed a "startling knowledge gap" in super, with close to half of Australian students knowing little to nothing about superannuation. Student Super's survey also found that 42% percent of the polled students were unsure about how much ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The $113 billion manager will look towards congested cities to deploy future capital but nothing as big as its Westconnex investment is on the horizon, newly-appointed chair Greg Combet said in a media call today. The former Labor federal minister took ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... hot seat. #BankingRoyalCommision #bankingRC #BanksRC #ABC730. The Royal Commission ended as expected quietly. Achieved nothing for victims, and I understand, victims are extremely unhappy. With the Debt colectiors back in full action, many families will ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... the second quarter's 1.7% increase and a sharp downturn from the strong 4.2% gain in the March quarter. There's nothing to sing Christmas carols about the report. The Grinch is stealing Christmas. But hold your horses. The details of the capex ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... closer" to neutral and Atlanta Fed President Bostic speak of the fed funds rate being "not too far" from neutral, but nothing beats hearing the same from the Fed's head honcho himself. In his speech before The Economic Club of New York on "The Federal ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... culture is often "underestimated and ignored" until bad news about the organisation hits the headlines. While there is nothing new about this, Darroch flagged that SSGA will continue to firmly urge the 12,000 or so companies it invests in to ensure environmental ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... America's Thanksgiving celebration is only two winks away but the way the US equity market is going, investors have nothing to give thanks for. Three of Wall Street's benchmark equity indices are now in the red for the year - S&P 500 down 1.2% ...