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Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Statistics (ABS) chief economist Bruce Hockman talking about the results of the Wage Price Index (WPI) report that showed wages - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.3% in the year to the September quarter. This is at par with market ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... inflation indications - all CPI measures fell below the low end of the RBA's 2%-3% target band in the September quarter and wages growth remained stagnant. Speaking of stagnant, China's economy appears to be heading there. Being Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... after the release of the US non-farm payrolls report that showed a strong surge in employment and correspondingly rising wages. US employment increased by 250,000 in October after the addition of 118,000 workers on payrolls in the previous month. This ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... 43-year low of 4.0% in the three months to August. The tightness in the UK labour market is being reflected in accelerating wages growth -- total earnings (including bonuses) rose by 2.7% in the year to the August quarter from 2.6% in the previous three-month ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... 2.1% in the June quarter (latest available) from 2% in the previous quarter. This is far slower than the 4%-4.5% annual wages growth rates seen before the global financial crisis and if the lead from the underemployment rate is any guide, wages would ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... that. The unemployment rate has remained at a 43-year low of 4% in the three months to July. This is starting to impact on wages. The annual growth rate in UK average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) accelerated to 2.9% in July from 2.7% in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... 2018 and 2019." The rest are virtually a copy and paste exercise. "The outlook for the labour market remains positive... Wages growth remains low, although it has picked up a little... The improvement in the economy should see some further lift in wages ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... barriers in its dairy market, stronger intellectual property rights, encourage car production into countries paying higher wages and to raise the threshold on duties and sales taxes applied on cross-border purchases. In turn, the US agreed to keep the ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... retail spending - up 1.7% year-on-year in June from 0.6% in the previous month - that, in turn, is underpinned by rising real wages - up 2.3% in the year to June from 1.4% in May and -0.4% in April. This should aid the BOJ's efforts towards lifting ...

The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... comes despite the participation rate remaining at a near-record high of 78.8%. The good news (or bad?) is that growth in wages remains tame (even slowing) - annual growth in UK average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) slowed to 2.7% in the year to ...