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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... hike this year (unless employment turns solidly higher through to December). The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... not responsive to employees' concerns are incorrect; and that there is no evidence to suggest that key performance indicators for claims staff provide or have provided incentives to decline claims. As part of the independent review process, CommInsure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... trend still points to moderate economic growth in the months ahead. Although strengths and weaknesses among the leading indicators are roughly balanced, positive contributions from the financial indicators were more than offset by weakening of nonfinancial ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... representative groups ASFA and AIST, among numerous other submissions, have recommended the Commission drop several criteria and indicators as a means to rationalise the review and deliver more meaningful conclusions. AIST supports 54 of the 111 indicators ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... from a median price of $140,000 to $550,000 - and vastly "outstripped" the consumer price index, there were no real indicators that there was any kind of bubble about to burst. He pointed to warnings from IMF and Steve Keen over the past 10 years about ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." These words were ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... national activity designed by the Chicago Fed. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index -- a weighted average of 85 indicators of national economic activity - rose to a reading of 0.27 in July from 0.05 in the previous month and better than market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... 1.6; the workweek index decreased to minus 11.5 from minus 3.6; backlog orders down to minus 15 from plus 9; and, "The indicators for unfilled orders, delivery times, and inventories have been negative for most of this year". UK retail sales Back in ...

ASIC determines Aussie equity market "mostly clean"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... cleanliness measure." ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour added: "We have seen a gradual improvement in market cleanliness indicators over time and across different segments of Australia's listed equities markets. "ASIC will continue to monitor market cleanliness ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... reading does not support the strength conveyed by the non-farm payrolls report. The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies ...