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Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... names implies, it provides a reading of current labour market conditions. No more looking at U-6 unemployment or weekly wages or overtime hours and all those other details that make up the mother of all econ stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... because the same slow growth in prices -- along with an improving labour market (5.5% unemployment rate in April) and rising wages - up by a greater than expected 0.9% in the month of April and 2.7% over the year - are boosting households' spending power ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... exports and inventories. He said household consumption and housing "look precariously supported in an environment of very low wages growth, a rundown in household savings and a housing price bubble inflating further in Melbourne and Sydney." "It is not ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... household spending continues to contract, down 1.3% in the year to April -- the 13th straight month of decline. Sure, real wages have picked up by 0.12% in April (year-on-year) but this more because it was flattered by the low figure a year ago when ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the ANAO but calls on the government to go further and investigate aligning payment of the superannuation guarantee with wages. "The ATO also needs greater resources to tackle the problem or other bodies such as the Fair Work Ombudsman should be given ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... continue to recover" underpinned by improvements in consumer spending that lifts business profitability and investments, lifts wages and strengthen consumer spending. Yes Virginia, the BOJ is not engaging in a propaganda of untruths but in wishful thinking ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... bounce in employment is regarded as a payback from the weather-affected small 85K addition in March. This is affirmed by tame wages growth - average weekly earnings growth slowed to 0.1% in April from 0.2% in March - and average weekly hours worked was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... from March, when the US added just 85,000 jobs. At the same time the US labour market showed some signs of weakness, with wages barely growing and underemployment still elevated. The jobs data "came in at a sweet spot" for Wall Street, said David Levy ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... aggregate demand. On the other hand, smaller working populations decrease labour supply, increasing labour demand and pushing wages higher. The other issue is how much influence an aging population has on policies of wealth redistribution. As they have ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... On consumption and income, retail sales fell by 1.8% in the year to February following January's 2.0% decline while real wages continue to decline (down 2.3% in February) in annual terms - hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% ...

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