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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Australia wage price index The wage price index (WPI) which measures the "total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses" among Australian workers increased by lower than expected 0.4% in the first quarter of this year, representing a slowing from the ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... 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% in the year to the December quarter, easing from the 2.3% rate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... points at 5,909. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the wage price index along with construction work done figures, both for the December quarter. In equities news, Westfield Corporation is slated ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance figures for September and the wage price index for the September quarter. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment also is due out. In equities news ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... up four points at 5,474. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the wage price index for June quarter, the Housing Industry Association releases its trades report for the same quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment is released, and the bureau of statistics publishes its wage price index for the March quarter. In company news, building materials company Adelaide Brighton holds its annual general meeting. The ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... bps) and the dollar-A gyrated around US$0.90 but finished practically unchanged. It could be because the ABS' Wage Price Index (WPI) report only confirmed what you, I and Irene already knew all along, that wages growth had been slowing - up 2.6% in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... down 17 points at 5,394. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September wage price index and October new motor vehicle sales data. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In equities ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... was up 18 points at 5,134. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the wage price index for June quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... factors might change the direction of the Australian market on Wednesday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics wage price index for the September quarter will be released along with the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment. "If wages ...