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Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... in concerns about potential interest rate rises was a likely factor."...and improved consumer perception on the labour market. The "unemployment expectations index fell 3.3% to 129.2 in October, marking the lowest reading since June 2011... The move ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... marginally attached to the labor force." Recall that Fed chair Janet Yellen used this stat to explain the slack in the labour market and therefore, slow wages growth in America. Slack no more? As if on cue, the September non-farm payrolls report showed ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... rationales over the rationality or not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below target inflation dynamics. There were those who argued - like New York Fed president William Dudley - that ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... month. Although inflation is still low and below the Canadian's central bank target, strong and solid gains in the labour market would provide more fodder for already "robust" consumer spending. The unemployment rate dropped from 6.5% in June to 6.3% ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... September: "Wage growth remains low. This is likely to continue for a while yet, although stronger conditions in the labour market should see some lift in wages growth over time. Inflation also remains low and is expected to pick up gradually as the ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... their energy consumption." Reduced consumer spending would lead to a deterioration of the overall economy and the labour market. The RBA predicts the unemployment rate (5.6% in June) to be around 5%-6% through to the end of 2019. We'll get the July tally ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Unlike its peers growth in wages and salaries in the Eurozone appears to be more responsive to improvement in the labour market, supporting the ECB in achieving its inflation target.

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... over Fed Chair Janet Yellen's claim the weakness in inflation is transitory. More so given the strength in the US labour market, underscored by another dip in the unemployment rate to 4.3% in July - the lowest level in 16 years. The Jobs Openings and ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Superannuation members invested in lifestage funds and aged between 40 and 50 have produced an outstanding 12-month return on retirement savings according to the latest super fund analysis. Rainmaker research shows lifestage (also lifecycle) MySuper ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
It got less press than the June quarter CPI report - which showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held ...