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All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... for acceleration to 3% from 1.8% in the June quarter prove accurate. We'll find out this Wednesday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases the September quarter figures. Sure these numbers tell the story of synchronised accelerating growth ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... registering outright negative year-on-year growth from the March quarter of 2013 to the June quarter of this year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update shows that Australian companies might be starting to take a sip with actual private ...

CBA avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
CBA avoided a board spill after the majority of shareholders voted in favour of the remuneration report that was overhauled hot on the heels of AUSTRAC alleging the bank breached anti-money laundering laws. About 92% of shareholders approved the remuneration ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the feeling I got after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Wage Price Index (WPI) report showing that the country's employers continue to play Mr. ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... and made even sweeter (well depending on one's viewpoint, certainly not the RBAs) by last week's report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing the country's headline CPI inflation rate decelerated to a lower than expected 1.8% in the September ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
Australia's passive response and disparate approach in combatting financial crime, particularly anti-money laundering, requires a more holistic approach, according to a panel of compliance and security experts. ANZ financial crime risk professional ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) "Labour Force" report shows the door to employment is not only open but it's getting wider. The trend is ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... report but the US JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings remained at a robust 6.1 million ...

NZ Super Fund invests in Aussie farm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... land as an attractive long-term investment and a good diversifier for our portfolio," he said. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors; during 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... September 2010, but everybody and his uncle expected hurricanes Harvey and Irma to distort the employment numbers. Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says so: "Our analysis suggests that the net effect of these hurricanes was to reduce the estimate ...