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Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... already, the housing skills shortage manifesting itself in huge excess demand for skilled tradespeople, combined with a wages push as building groups fight to keep workers from being enticed over to the lucrative mining sector, only make them longer. ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Mark Yesberg, head of product and marketing, Invesco. The favourable demographics driven by a young population and rising wages have placed the consumer demand story at the heart of stock selections for Asian fund managers. Invesco plans to make significant ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... the same misgivings 20 years ago in 1991 about the introduction of the 3% SG, but productivity increased along with real wages and so the cost was not borne by employers at all. He said the same will happen as SG phases in towards its 12% target. The ...

Super keeping economy strong: ASFA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... while employer costs could be increased in the short-term, the impact in any given year would be, at most, 0.25 or 0.5% of wages.

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... the government intends to cull 150,000 heads from the public sector. Those that are left would have to contend with low wages and extended weekly working hours and oh, higher taxes. "Public sector downsizing." Public sector entities would either be closed ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... reductions of public servants, a freeze in government hiring and for those who still have jobs - a 'crisis levy' on their wages. Yeouch! And yes, there would be a garage sale of Greek assets too. Let's hear a bid for the Parthenon, going, going. Now ...

Fin Svcs Asian opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... their staff to actually put in place workable strategies to engage their people, not necessarily just trying to fight on the wages front," said Crawley. "Whoever does that the best, will win."

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... cent in the three months to February, for an annual rate of 3.8 per cent, seasonally adjusted. "This is really second tier wages data and the first tier wages data was yesterday (with the ABS labour price index)," Ms Deda said. "This data today doesn't ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... with the Australian dollar reaching only US$1.10. While employer respondents nominated interest rates, access to credit, wages and rising fuel prices as their main concerns, methinks the A-dollar should be there somewhere. It's simply cheaper to shop ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... said. "Employers are concerned about the costs. Unions are looking to preserve worker entitlements and an increase in real wages, so the SG increase needs agreement across two significant groups." "It's a very difficult task." Six of the largest industry ...