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Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... plenty more where this came from because confident consumers are spending consumers. More so, if they're expecting good jobs prospects, continued monetary policy accommodation and increased fiscal largesse. The latest Conference Board consumer confidence ...

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... companies including v2food, Myrotia, Coviu, Kasada, Gilmour Space, Q-CTRL and Baraja and raised $600 million and created over 500 jobs. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the super fund is proud to participate as the companies and technologies ...

ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... household economic resource surveys Dean Adams said. The ABS found that private household income, including earnings from jobs, investments and super remained stable in real terms - at $2117 per week in September 2020 - when compared to 12 months prior. ...

Afterpay reveals US plans, economic impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... billion to 38,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally, $510 million of this went to regional businesses and 63,000 jobs were directly and indirectly supported by Afterpay. Most positively, Accenture found the use of Afterpay saved consumers ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... the Tasman." The Trans-Tasman bubble would put more planes in the air (boats on the sea, if your prefer sailing) and more jobs in the ground. The added employment and personal and business earnings these bring to both Australia and New Zealand would ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... February data of 61.4%. Overall, the unemployment rate declined to 5.6%, down from 5.8% month on month, with around 71,000 jobs created. Of those, 55,400 or 78% were filled by women. Female rates of underemployment have also fallen to the lowest level ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... first half of March, prior to the end of JobKeeper on 28 March. "The April Labour Force release, along with weekly payroll jobs data, will show the state of the labour market after the end of JobKeeper." Perhaps the 'Labour Force, Australia' ...

O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... member for Higgins. In 2016 she was appointed as minister for revenue and financial services before moving to minister for jobs and industrial relations. O'Dwyer was also previously minister for women and minister for small business. Barrenjoey's general ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Just Transition fund will ensure that employees that will be involved in industries that need restructuring can find new jobs and that consumer goods are accessible at low prices. In addition, the fund aims to ensure the costs and benefits of the transition ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... non-farm payrolls in March. US employment surged by 916,000 during the month following an upwardly revised 468,000 addition in jobs in February. This is the largest addition to employment since August last year and is significantly higher than consensus ...