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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... permanent income hypothesis (full-timers have relatively more income permanence and therefore, would spend more). The unemployment rate edged down from 5.7% to 5.6% in August. This is better than expectations for an unchanged 5.7% rate and is the lowest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... no doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment rate at 5.7% versus 6.1% last year) with the "unemployment expectations index" declining to 138.4 in September from 141.2 in ...

ClearView updates LifeSolutions suite, increases premiums

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... benefit is a new benefit introduced by ClearView and waives premiums for up to three months in the event of involuntary unemployment. This will be included as a built in benefit at no extra cost to the customer. ClearView has also introduced a safety ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... payrolls' a miss (in spite of the positive lead from the ADP private payrolls survey) - 126,000 versus 179,000. The unemployment rate's a miss - 4.9% actual versus 4.8% expected. The average workweek's a miss - 34.3 hours versus 34.5 hours expected. ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/08/08/the-feds-shifting-perspective-on-the-economy-and-its-implications-for-monetary-policy/) showed how FOMC participants' longer-term outlook "potential output growth, the natural unemployment rate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... since the "questionable" 72,400 addition in November last year - following a 10,800 gain in the previous month. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 5.7% (from 5.8%) despite the participation rate remaining unchanged at 64.9% in July from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... erosions in aggregate monthly hours worked, the Westpac/MI Consumer Sentiment Expectations index and the Westpac /MI Unemployment Index. Also, "The yield curve spread exerted slightly more downward pressure over the period". "Momentum in the domestic ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... payrolls report. The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... wellbeing which measures the ability of retirees to support themselves in retirement, based on income per capita, unemployment and income equality. Australia's commitment climate change was singled out as a factor bringing down the overall rating, with ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... hours worked in 2016," said General Manager of the ABS' Macroeconomic Statistics Division, Bruce Hockman. The trend unemployment rate remained steady at 5.7%. The participation rate also remained steady at 64.8%. IT jobs boom Employers are intending ...