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Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... Ellis said. This is being seen, particularly in new enterprise agreements, which have tended to involve smaller wage increases than the ones they replaced, she added. "These agreements usually last for a couple of years, so this will weigh on overall ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... qualified workers as their "single most important business problem." As such, a record net 32% of respondents reported wage increases in July, prompting small companies to pass on these higher costs with a net 16% (up two points from June) raising average ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... Fortunately, "the extent of pass-through from input to consumer prices remained slight to moderate" and that "on balance, wage increases were modest to moderate". And of course, there's the appreciating US dollar that's preventing even higher ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... considered on its own merits." Fahy added the paper reduced wage determination to a simple trade-off between super and wage increases. "Furthermore, in the current wage bargaining environment, it is unlikely that foregone SG increases would translate ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... costs. "We are seeing this particularly in new enterprise agreements, which lately have tended to involve smaller wage increases than the ones they replaced. These agreements usually last for a couple of years, so this will weigh on overall wage outcomes ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... accounts for just around 15% of the total number of workers employed in Australia, implying that their healthier wage increases wouldn't be sufficient to lift spending and inflation overall. The latest update on Australia's job market certainly offers ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... their profit margins which, in turn, would prompt firms to cut back on other costs - particularly, employment and wage increases - to maintain profitability. This would circle back into softer household spending. These, among others, help explain the ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... room to manoeuvre. This is because despite the economy operating at full-employment and causing a broadening in wage increases, this isn't still flowing through into consumer price inflation. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 2.4% in the year to March ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
"Some pick-up in wages growth is also expected, although wage increases are likely to remain below average for some time yet. Our liaison with businesses does not suggest that a pick-up in wage growth is imminent, but nor does it suggest that a further ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... positive for consumer purchasing power and resulting in lower costs to industry. What's more, it is offsetting strong wage increases, so the central bank can keep rates at the same level for the time being." (http://www.robeco.com/en/professionals/insights/markets/2015/03/diverging-tides-for-new-zealand-and-australia.jsp) ...

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