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Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... someplace else. Perhaps it was because there was really nothing new in the latest domestic inflation update to write home to mother about - or both. Australian headline CPI inflation increased by 1.9% in the year to March quarter - unchanged from the ...

Spotlight on financial elder abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... ongoing care, support and housing, only to sell the house some years later and purchase a new home with no room for his mother. The arrangement was not in writing, no legal advice was obtained and there was no enduring power of attorney appointed. When ...

Impact of dementia on estate planning efficacy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... birth. He had received $3.2 million in damages against the hospital which had been used to purchase a house for him, his mother and siblings, as well as produce an income," Hacker said. "His father had had little to do with him since he was born, and ...

Super guarantee must be 12pct: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed calls for the super guarantee to be lifted to 12% as soon as possible because retirement balances are still nowhere near where they need to be. Latest ASFA analysis shows Australia's $2.3 ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.2%. The latest JOLTS report might appear to be boring - nothing to write home to mother about - but it also confirms that the US labour market has reached (or nearly at) full-employment. As at August, there are ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
It's still about three weeks before the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes on the 18 October but the latest data on the country's industrial profits indicate that it'll be easier for the Politburo to achieve its targets ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
America's non-farm payrolls report is called "The Mother of All Economic Reports" for nothing - it moves the US financial markets (and by extension, the global ones) up or down depending on the indications it presents when it's released. The US employment ...

CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... better future for herself and her children." Webber personally paid for her mentee's children to attend day care while their mother received vocational education and, in place of receiving wedding gifts, she asked guests to donate to the Sister2sister ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... onerous for the overwhelming majority of consumers to attempt," CHOICE said. By way of example, CHOICE spoke of Deborah, a mother of two who had contacted the group to share her concerns about default life insurance. Her daughters, aged 19, were placed ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...