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Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Marketplace. These words also perfectly summed up the results from the non-farm payrolls report released last week - strong employment growth in June with increased participation rate but unchanged average hourly earnings growth. The tepid growth in ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... opening salvo on the war on trade. Perhaps. Or it could also be that financial markets took comfort in another solid US employment report - non-farm payrolls increased by a much higher than expected 213,000 in June - without a corresponding increase ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... been growing slowly and debt levels are high. "The outlook for the labour market remains positive. Strong growth in employment has been accompanied by a significant rise in labour force participation. The vacancy rate is high and other forward-looking ...

Average superannuation balances double, female savings lag

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said a gap between males and females in fulltime and overall employment is a major reason for the disparity in retirement outcomes. "Despite real gains in employment for women over the last decade ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... higher tariffs will not crystalise until they gain more experience with actual changes in product prices and domestic employment. While tariffs may have a direct impact on only a very small portion of overall GDP, the negative impact could quickly generalise ...

Aussie asset manager cops ASIC intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... chief financial officer Betty Poon. Aurora paid back the funds in March this year, having already terminated Poon's employment once it discovered the unauthorised transfer of funds from its Buy-Write income Trust (AUP). In the eyes of the regulator ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... it is simply not the case that young people don't require cover or that they work exclusively in casual or part-time employment. "More than 600,000 young workers under 25 do so on a full-time basis, which is 42% of the under 25 working population. Of ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household income has been growing slowly and debt levels are high." "Employment has grown strongly over the past year, although growth has slowed over recent months...Wages growth remains low. This ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... he said. He highlighted the proposed laws fail to protect young people and women in casual, temporary and contract employment "who are missing out on thousands of dollars a year in SG entitlements." The draft legislation also "continues to shut hundreds ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... it allows consumers to manage the financial risks they face in retirement when they no longer have the security of employment income to cover their living expenses." "Recognising the limitations of financial metrics as the primary performance benchmarks ...