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A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... last month. This puts the Fed's favoured inflation measure at the top the 1.5%-1.7% forecast for 2016. Continued labour market strength and gains in personal income and spending would lend further support to rising prices. This is good news for the RBA ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... wages growth could be attributed to below trend growth in the Australian economy and the corresponding slack in the labour market, as well as lowered inflation expectations. The same factors that would keep growth in workers' pay relatively subdued over ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... to 112.1 from 116.6 in January while expectations declined to 78.9 from 85.3. There was reduced optimism for the labour market too. "Those anticipating more jobs in the months ahead decreased from 13.4 percent to 12.2 percent, while those anticipating ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... the more volatile seasonally adjusted estimates and provide the best measure of the underlying behaviour of the labour market". And the Australian labour market trend series is our friend. According to Bruce Hockman - General Manager of ABS' Macroeconomic ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... influenced by international forces are weakening its growth whereas domestic sourced components particularly around the labour market and confidence are providing an offsetting boost". "The theme of international factors which are represented by the ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... build". The Governor's assessment seems rational, particularly given the continued improvement in the country's labour market. The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1% in the three months to November - the lowest level in 10 years (October quarter ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... expects that inflation will rise to its 2 percent objective over the medium term." Yup, same old story on robust US labour market and hopes that inflation would rise to target over the medium term. Same story, too, on downside risks. "Foreign economic ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
While continued US labour market strength supports the Fed's decision to lift interest rates back in December and its forecasts for more lifts this year, weakening activity indicators released since - not to mention still below target inflation - indicate ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... increase in Australian job advertisements affirm the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive take on the domestic labour market. In its February Statement on Monetary Policy, the Australian central bank noted that, "A concentration of economic activity ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... dual "statutory mandate" - "maximum employment and 2% inflation". And progress is what the latest update on the US labour market points to with seemingly most Americans who want a job are getting jobs. While the headline employment figure disappointed ...