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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% ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... sector of the economy; the weakened but still high Australian dollar; expensive property prices (but mainly in Sydney); low wages and high household debt; low business confidence and investment, etcetera. "To this point", the RBA has lowered interest ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... warned about the dangers of "bracket creep", where individuals end up paying higher average rates of tax due to gradual wages growth and inflation. He said: "Some will argue this bracket creep is a natural consequence of a growing economy. Others will ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... in dollar terms, Rainmaker said in macro-economic terms contributions inflows are already equivalent to 18% of national wages and salaries. "SG rising to 12% will have only marginal impact on national savings rates," Rainmaker added.

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... also warns repeatedly about "bracket creep", where individuals end up paying higher average rates of tax due to gradual wages growth and inflation. It argues that unchecked bracket creep could "potentially reduce workforce participation and the opportunities ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... index hitting its highest reading since August and "Deflationary pressures also eased during the month, linked to higher wages and rising import costs resulting from the euro's depreciation". Should the Fed raise interest rates sometime this year (as ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... labour market really that strong to support the June lift-off camp. Others argue not, pointing to the lingering weakness in wages. The annual growth in average weekly earnings slowed to 2.0% in February from 2.2% in the previous month (wages growth had ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... Japanese exporters' profitability but has not translated into significant increases in business spending and hiring and wages and consumer spending and through to stoking higher consumer prices. Household spending dropped by 3.4% in the year to December ...

Economists divided over Europe growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... we see Europe only two years behind." He argued that the fall in oil prices is likely to help growth in Europe and that wages in both Europe and the US are low enough after the global recession for multinational companies to relocate there.

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... that any ill effects will be short-lived. "In the current environment sustained deflation could cause problems. Falling wages and prices would make it harder to service debts. Lower nominal growth will mean less growth in public sector tax revenues making ...