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Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... speculations, underscored by the spike in the A$/US$ exchange rate from US$0.7175 to US$7295 after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest tally on the country's national accounts. Consensus betting was for Australian real GDP to ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... drop by 3.0% but... they're still not a pretty set of numbers. Uglier still, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), "Estimate 1 for 2016-17 is $82,572m. This is 19.5% lower than Estimate 1 for 2015-16." Whoa! Capex expectations may have ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on wages may have disappointed expectations but also confirmed what workers have been experiencing all along. The Wage Price Index - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.2% ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. The reliability of the Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) seasonally adjusted estimates had been suspect since September 2014 (my records show) when it reported a 121,000 jump ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that total employment decreased by 1,000 in December. This is much less than market expectations for ...

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... fill up the big hole left by mining and job cut announcements... here, there and everywhere, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported yesterday that 71,400 jobs were created last month. And this, on top of another stupendous 56,100 heads added ...

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... share of superannuation assets held by women has plateaued over the past four years according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data exclusively compiled for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Women now hold 36.4% of ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This is the very reason why the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us that the trend estimate "is the best source of information for forecasting or making decisions about what to ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap was a persistent flaw in Australia's super savings system. The ABS data shows ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price indexes for June quarter and building approvals numbers for June. In company news, Sunbeam ...