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Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... bonds, as well as the Australian dollar. "Domestic economic and earnings fundamentals are relatively strong, as labour market continues to show strong signs of growth while wages steadily increase," Veitmane continues. "Furthermore, the Labour Party's ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... "It's a difficult balancing act for the RBA - they would love to give households and businesses a boost, yet the labour market remains resilient and inflation risks, while lower, still exist." Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said the decision ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... "However, there are green shoots - we are firmly within a rate-cutting cycle, inflation appears to be under control, the labour market is relatively resilient, and the results of the recent federal election provide for policy certainty, which should ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. "Despite ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... the downside amid the ongoing trade war, several factors are keeping Eurozone growth resilient, including a solid labour market, robust balance sheets, and easing financial conditions. "A pull-forward of activity ahead of the US tariffs has also buoyed ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... the last four years..." "We are satisfied that the level of wage increase we have determined is sustainable. The labour market remains strong overall, with continuing employment growth, low unemployment and historically high rates of participation in ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... 2020 and March 2022, labour productivity continued to rise due to genuine improvements in output per worker. The labour market gradually recovered as lockdowns wound down and output returned faster than employment grew. In the "productivity loss phase" ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... to add an extra day of work, using the time gained to get more work done, cost-of-living pressures and the strong labour market," Brooks said. Brooks said the participation rate has picked up particularly for mothers and carers who can work from home ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... likely outcome, we don't believe it is strictly necessary based on current macro conditions, including the tight labour market, resilient retail sales and rebound in house prices," Chesler said. "We would like to see a longer run of the trimmed mean ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... opportune time to revisit the monetary policy setting with the benefit of additional data about inflation, wages, the labour market and trends in economic activity, along with a fresh set of economic forecasts and further information about the likely ...