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Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... themselves. While the unemployment rate has fallen to a six-year low of 5% in September (from 5.3% in August) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) trend measures show continued improvement in the country's labour market, the latest ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... strong base. More up-to-date report on the country's labour market delivers extra positive underpinnings. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the economy added 5,600 workers in September. Although sharply lower than market expectations ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... desk after my report show that even pipeline inflation is easing. America is not importing inflationary pressures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US import prices slowed to an annual rate of 3.5% in the year to September from 3.8% in August ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... approaching retirement will have 37% less in their superannuation balance than men, latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. Women aged between 55 to 64 years old will have an average of $196,000, while men retire with a significantly ...

Federal oversight of financial services sector clarified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... services and the day to day management of superannuation, competition and consumer policy. He will also oversee the Australian Bureau of Statistics, fintech, and crowd source equity funding, while assisting across the portfolio on matters including taxation ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
From "fake news", US President Donald Trump might label the Census Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... phrase should be wages growth had been painfully stuck in the very slow 2-2.1% over the past 10 quarters. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report showed that wages - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Australians, all, there's now 25 million of us... and counting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's population reached 25 million shortly after 11pm AEST on August 7. According to the report, population has ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... getting a pay rise." Not really an earth-shattering revelation but it confirms the stagnant growth in wages in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report and portends that the June quarter would not be much different ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... July (the second consecutive month of decline and the weakest reading since February this year). According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this is due to intensifying trade tensions, weaker domestic demand and adverse weather. While the latest ...