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Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... print (at best). Together, hoarders and panic-buyers sent Australian retail sales to what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labelled "unprecedented demand" in March. Preliminary estimates by the ABS show that retail spending soared by 8.2% in ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
If this is as bad as it gets, give me coronavirus everyday (well, hope not). The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that employment increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... JobSeeker payments. The exact number of people left unemployed by the shutdowns is yet to be clear in Australian Bureau of Statistics numbers, but estimates suggest one million people could be jobless. Managing director of Health and Finance Integrated ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... economy who are all-in on getting America back to work, and soon. More to come!" It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports unemployment remained steady in March at 5.2% (lifting just 0.1% from February's figures). During the month of ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Ho-hum. Financial markets widely expected the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its April meeting especially so soon after announcing a comprehensive accommodation package the month before ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... for several days running aren't good news enough, the latest purchasing managers' survey from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) provides an early indication that economic activity there has returned to expansion. The official manufacturing PMI surged ...

BT's transition not so super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... AFCA. Both BT and AFCA did not provide the number of complaints stemming from the transition. AFCA's next lot of statistics is out tomorrow and covers the six months to December, 2019. ASIC, whom one source said they had complained to, said it could ...

Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... less productive and less integrated as a result," said report co-author Thomas Clarke from UTS Business School. "The statistics are irrefutable; the latest McKinsey reports demonstrate that the global economy is losing $25 trillion in productivity as ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... custody in the second half of 2019. The Australian Custodial Services Association's latest asset servicing industry statistics show Northern Trust recorded a 28.4% increase in total assets under custody for Australian investors in the six months ending ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...