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Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... in June) falling below estimates of NAIRU (4.9% OECD; 4.5% Oxford Economics) over the past months. It could be because of wages' lagged response. It could also be because the NAIRU for the US is now lower. But whatever it is US inflation remains low ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... integrity of the superannuation system, we must ensure employers are paying workers their full entitlements, whether they are wages or superannuation," Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said. The government established the Working ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... the business sector is, given the context of a fairly beleaguered household sector that has been weighed down by limited wages growth and record levels of debt." These are the printed words of NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, contained in the just-released ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... year - suggesting easing price pressures in the pipeline. Easing inflation in China would add to other factors - such as wages and commodity prices -- keeping inflation low in the US and the Eurozone, among others. We'll soon find out what the Fed makes ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... grew by only 0.2% in June with the similarly weak 0.2% advance in May lowered to an even slower 0.1% gain. Year-on-year, wages growth improved slightly to 2.5% in June from 2.4% in the previous month but is more than a full percentage point lower given ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... the March quarter GDP growth slowdown as temporary: "Consumption growth remains subdued, reflecting slow growth in real wages and high levels of household debt." So much so that it removed it's phrase "economic growth is still expected to increase gradually ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... 96.2 in May for its third straight month of decline. Unconfident consumers are not spending consumers... more so when their wages are sluggish. Total wages grew by only 1.9% in the year to the March quarter (think this is the slowest on record). Consumers ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... Adams continued, could be summarised as significant debt balances, ageing populations putting pressure on workforce and wages growth, and the "disinflationary pressure" of an increasingly digitised consumer economy. "We're challenging the narrative the ...

Human Super appoints inaugural chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... superannuation gap for women. "Women currently experience gender bias, either conscious or unconscious, when it comes to wages compared with their male counterparts," Helyar-Moray said. "This wage gap is then made greater by time spent out of the workforce ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... current funk. However, significant structural headwinds still pose a hurdle that will prove difficult to overcome, keeping wages growth subdued and consumers cautious with their spending." Here, the lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer ...