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Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... growth as it did in the third quarter. Worse, it was flat over the quarter, down from a 0.3% increase in Q3. The recent wages report shows why. Average monthly cash earnings in the country increased by a mere 0.1% in the year to December, down from 0.5% ...

Little pay, little spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Data updates on Japan have been a mixture of good and bad in recent times. The latest stats on wages belong to the not so good ones, particularly with respect to the Bank of Japan's goal of reviving inflation in the economy. Average monthly cash earnings ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... central banks having diminishing impact on domestic economies. Finally, while share of profits in GDP has eclipsed share of wages for the past three decades, Beckwith argued that "ordinary people, i.e. voters, don't like the idea of their companies becoming ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... immigration through an Executive Order in September 1930. His argument was that blocking immigration would preserve the jobs and wages of American citizens against competition from low-wage immigrants. Immigration fell to a mere 10 to 15% of the allowable ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... reflation and profits returning, a surging confidence and rising interest rates, and the next bull market being in salary and wages. "That global upturn is spreading, we're seeing some great shoots of capital spending and the populism that is in the ...

Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... unemployment - down 10,100 in December - suggests continued labour market strength. This is affirmed by the stronger than expected wages growth. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth accelerated to 2.8% in the three months to November - ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... payrolls report optimism on the jobs front waned with job openings down to 29 from 31 in November (a function of higher wages demands?). Small business owners are also worried about rising interest rates with expected credit conditions down to minus ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses" - fell to a reading of minus 0.3 in December ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI inflation unchanged at 0.8% in November from the previous month. Wages and salaries per hour worked went up by 1.6% in Q3 following a 0.9% increase in the previous quarter. The non-wage component ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... expected to be 1.9% per cent. "Government receipts, although growing, are expected to be affected by softer domestic prices and wages growth. Expected tax receipts, excluding new policy, have been revised down by around $3.7 billion in 2016-17 and $30.7 ...