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NPP not suitable as the primary payment system for payday super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... adhere to the new rules despite existing burdens already in place. "At a time when SMEs are already battling a tight labour market and rising operational costs, these changes will only add more pressure to their cash flow. Many businesses will need to ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... (currently at 4.1%), which limits further progress in battling inflation due to the sticky services inflation. The robust labour market has also limited the wiggle room to absorb any inflation shocks that could arise from the ongoing global tariffs dispute ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... more confidence that they could return inflation to target at the same time as preserving most of the gains in the labour market with a lower cash rate, they agreed that this was not yet assured," the RBA minutes said. "As a result, members expressed ...

RBA 'not committed' to further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... more confidence that they could return inflation to target at the same time as preserving most of the gains in the labour market with a lower cash rate, they agreed that this was not yet assured. "As a result, members expressed caution about the prospect ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... widely expected, the RBA was quick to diffuse any hopes of a quick cutting cycle. "A range of indicators suggest that labour market conditions remain tight and, in fact, tightened a little further in late 2024," RBA governor Michele Bullock said. "Furthermore ...

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Powell also flagged that while the central bank wants to see inflation decelerate more, he did not want to see the labour market "cool off" more. Chalmers said Australia was not having to play the same balancing act. "Many countries around the world ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Australia's labour market has remained strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... lukewarm business investment, we see limited upside for labour productivity growth in 2025. This will ensure the labour market remains tight and could put upward pressure on unit labour costs."

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... on the requirement that a rate cut was supported by data. "We do not see current data as supportive of that. The labour market in particular has proven resistant to disinflation measures, with the most recent data showing unemployment has actually decreased ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... participation and lower unemployment. Productivity Commission senior research economist James Thiris noted that the strong labour market likely weighed down productivity growth, as many new, younger, less experienced workers joined the labour force - ...