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Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on wages may have disappointed expectations but also confirmed what workers have been experiencing all along. The Wage Price Index - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.2% ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... boot to 6.0%. These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. The reliability of the Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) seasonally adjusted estimates had been suspect since September 2014 (my records show) when it reported ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that total employment decreased by 1,000 in December. This is much less than market expectations ...

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... non-mining sector to fill up the big hole left by mining and job cut announcements... here, there and everywhere, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported yesterday that 71,400 jobs were created last month. And this, on top of another stupendous ...

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The share of superannuation assets held by women has plateaued over the past four years according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data exclusively compiled for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Women now hold 36.4% ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... spring make. This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This is the very reason why the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us that the trend estimate "is the best source of information for forecasting or making decisions ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Wood said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap was a persistent flaw in Australia's super savings system. The ABS ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... on concerns over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent ...