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Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... percentage of household disposable income, have more than tripled over the period. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in 2017-18, on average, the family home continued to be a household's largest asset in dollar terms, followed ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported a large uptick in the number of Australians finding their way back into the workforce with 178,000 jobs added in October. "Today's job numbers confirm that Australia's economic recovery ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
While many have seen their wages stagnate, or even drop, this year the latest figures from the Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS) shows wages are up slightly from last year. "The September quarter is generally a quarter of solid wage growth, however ...

Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... profile and (for IP) duration of the claim. And, TAL found that in pricing income protection and TPD products the latest statistics on mental health are "generally not taken into account", with the insurer noting that actuarial tables should be updated ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... trauma claims paid, while advised clients had 49% of TPD claims paid and 57% of trauma claims paid. The claims paid statistics cover the 12 months to June 2020. According to the updated data on the MoneySmart site, the industry average for claims accepted ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... but they still don't diminish the fact that Australia's labour market remains weak. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's unemployment rate increased to 6.9% in September from 6.8% in the previous month and the underemployment ...

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
"We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We'll share a dream..." - The Seekers Yes Virginia, we, Australians all, are one in anticipating Christmas to come on October 6 this year - the day when most expect the Reserve ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Zurich Group (1.6%). The other major insurance companies all experienced negative flows in risk income premiums. The statistics cover funds that flow through life insurance companies' statutory funds, Plan For Life said, and excludes funds that flow ...

End of Super Complaints Tribunal nears

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... technical changes to the rules that govern the tribunal. These proposed changes seek to clarify which Australian Bureau of Statistics reports are used to index AFCA's monetary limits and to correct a reference to legislation. A legislative cross reference ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
"Australians all let us rejoice... in joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." It wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets ...