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Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... growth on net trade." As it turned out, the BOE's "no growth" forecast was still optimistic. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) preliminary estimate show UK GDP contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter - the first quarterly rate of decline ...

Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... gap between men and women has almost halved in the last 12 years, according to the latest Roy Morgan Wealth Report. Statistics from the report show the average net wealth for women today sits at 89% that of men - $400,000, to men's $449,000. This is ...

More jobs more problems: FSC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows 2.1 million Australians held multiple jobs in 2016-17, meaning they are likely to hold multiple superannuation accounts. The Financial Services Council (FSC) said the data should be strong ...

Australian fintech, Deliveroo partner

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... help tackle tax debt by offering the ability to automatically save a percentage of income to meet tax obligations. ABS statistics show managing cashflow can be one of the biggest challenges self-employed Australians face, with sole traders having the ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... are aged between 25 and 55 and are likely to have financial commitments and dependents. Citing Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, the fund noted 68% of people aged between 25 and 55 are married, and added 37% of all couple families had children ...

Average Australian is a millionaire: ABS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average household wealth in Australia passed the $1 million mark in 2017-2018. The ABS said wealth in Australia has risen 37% in the last decade. ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman explained that ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... annual growth in retail spending slowed to 2.4% in May from 2.8% in April from 3.5% in March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also recently released its "Job Vacancies" report, telling us, Australians all, to forget asking for a pay increase. ...

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... being driven by the demand for specialised roles in the industry, the report said. Full-time workers in mathematics, statistics and information sciences were rewarded with a 44% salary increase over the period, earning $118,937 per annum on average. ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... up from 85.03 million tonnes in April and 81.13 million tonnes in May a year ago, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed." China's steel mills production has increased by 10.0% in the year to May, while slower than the 12.7% annual ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
New research analysing Australian Bureau of Statistics microdata shows that more Australians are retiring owing money on their mortgage. The portion of homeowners between ages 55 and 64 that owe money on mortgages has tripled since 1990 - from 14% to ...