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Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... unchanged at 5.2% over the month, it had risen from 2011's low of 4.9% (March and April). The clue: The annual growth in wages at the time was steadily slowing (from 3.9% in the last quarter of 2010 to 3.6% in the third quarter of 2011). Latest available ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... for it to go back home to its motherland. If not, there are a host of other Asian countries with lower currency values and wages and operating costs to pick from. What happens to Australia now? Now, Australia could go into recession, says Greens deputy ...

Developed economies to outshine emerging world in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... the Federal Reserve tapers the stimulus sometime by the end of the first quarter 2014. According to the authors, rising wages is another potential headwind to China which could benefit the developed world, particularly in Europe. "Unit labour costs are ...

ASX200 CEOs face cuts in fixed pay and bonuses

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... show that a private-sector retirement system pegged to income significantly favours men. It also shows that raising women's wages would not be enough in itself to solve the problem. Earlier this week, actuarial consultants Rice Warner Actuaries achieved ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... other markets over the last decade. He explained that while cheap labour had contributed to the region's dramatic growth, wages were coming into line with the rest of the world, meaning that companies were now orientating to longer-term drivers of growth. ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... system. Events of the past few years have strengthened my view. The more they engage in austerity - by raising taxes, cutting wages, sacking public servants - the greater the toll on its growth. Latest data show that as at the first quarter of this year ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... individuals are taxed on excess concessional contributions in the same way as if they had received that money as salary or wages and had chosen to make a non-concessional contribution," Shorten said. The majority of working Australians have the concessional ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... lead up to the election. Calling Labor the "party of super", Swan and Shorten said, "For a 30 year old on average full-time wages, the Government's changes will add an additional $127,000 into their superannuation by the time they retire at 67." They ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... No cigars for guessing but higher rates deter borrowers from borrowing. Bank lending drops, bank profits fall, bank staff wages cut (or worst, bank staff cut) and voila... everybody's worse off. There's more but I've run out of space. Sorry. Suffice ...