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Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... 4.6% drop in imports contributed 0.9 percentage points. The sharp drop in imports reinforces the renewed weakness in household demand which declined by 0.1% in the March quarter from 0.3% in the last quarter of 2018. Not to mention the 0.1% contibution ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... indebted households (insecure about jobs) to increase their spending. Retail spending remains weak despite the increase in household disposable income to 2.3% in the March 2019 quarter from 2.1% in the previous three-month period and, despite low interest ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... smoothly. The economy grew by just 1.8% in the March 2019 quarter - its slowest annual rate in nearly 10 years - with household consumption's (which accounts for around 60% of the economy) contribution to growth halved to 0.1 percentage point from ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... a wider set of Australians after changes from last year's budget. The new study is funded by the university and Household Capital, which provides retirement funding solutions to retirees. It will investigate the theoretical and empirical aspects ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... remained at 10-year highs. Wages have been rising faster than inflation since March last year, suggesting rising real household income and spending, and by extension, raise inflation because it would allow UK businesses to pass on higher costs (largely ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... which if it becomes persistent would turn Australian export's positive contribution to negative. More worrying, household consumption's contribution to growth has halved from an already low 0.2% in the December 2018 quarter to 0.1% in the March ...

Minimum wage rises by 3%

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... standards of NMW and award-reliant employees recognised improvement, some low-paid award-reliant employee households have household disposable incomes less than 60% of the median income relative poverty line. The Commission also said women were disproportionately ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... because where are businesses finding the people they need to grow?" He added: "We're also seeing that corporate and household debt levels in Australia and around the world don't have much room to grow. How much more debt can you ram down people's throats?" ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... after the RBA cuts in June. Doing more would do more harm than good. It could re-inflate the property market bubble and household debt, that (as of the December 2018 quarter) was running at a record high 189.6% of disposable income - ultimately, lifting ...