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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... Australian economy. The bank will continue to purchase bonds given that we remain some distance from the inflation and employment objectives. However, the board is responding to the stronger-than-expected economic recovery and the improved outlook by ...

ASIC consults on market integrity rules

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... regulatory data reporting. In addition, it proposes amendments to the Futures Market Integrity Rules covering prohibited employment, suspicious activity reporting and client authorisations. Lastly, it recommends making adjustments to ASIC-made rules ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... struck. Australia's labour market stats indicate that economic growth will continue to progress going forward. Employment increased by 115,200 in May - way above consensus expectations for a 30,000 gain and more than offsetting the 30,600 lost in ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... pandemic. In many high-income countries the loss of labor or business income was softened by emergency benefits and employment policies," the report read. Some government assistance in rich countries was so generous that disposable personal income rose ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... leaders were offered to take redundancies on 30 June of 2022, which is when LGIAsuper has committed to maintaining full employment. So far, Farrar said there have been no contested processes. Moving into LGIAsuper's leadership team soon will be a ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Girls Australian 'men' (and women) at work' that is. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS): "Employment increased by 115,000 people in May, following the 31,000 fall in April, around the Easter holiday period. Over the past two ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. 'twas the same this month, US employment disappointed. Only 559,000 jobs were generated in May, missing consensus expectations for the creation of 650,000 to the employment ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... witness this strong appetite with the oversubscription of our recent unlisted fundraisings." "With rising white-collar employment and workforces increasingly returning to the office, we believe office asset investments will increasingly deliver strong ...

CFAs not immune to pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... It found 15% of the respondents had a COVID-related pay cut, 8% had a pay cut for other reasons, and 6% reported an employment status change in 2020. The majority's job security and compensation was relatively resilient during the pandemic, CFA Institute ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... that the economy generated only 559,000 jobs in May, missing consensus expectations for the creation of 650,000 to the employment heap. A repeat of the previous month's big disappointment -- 266,000 jobs in April (revised up to 278,000 in the latest ...