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Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... multiplier effect could also slow growth in the domestic economy. Think of the ancillary products and services and employment attached to the housing sector. The 25th straight month of year-on-year decline in personal lending - down 0.9% in the year ...

Industry fund takes aim at asset manager diversity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... HESTA's members are women, Blakey also said it was incumbent on the fund to advocate for gender equality and better employment opportunities for women. "Gender equality directly impacts the financial interests of HESTA members. Encouraging more inclusive ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... the declining take-up rate of the Age Pension. By 2025, it predicts about 20% of those aged 67 will still be in paid employment and further 40% will be self-funded. Currently about 70% of over 65 year olds receive the Age Pension in part or in full.

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... difficult to hire workers with the necessary skills." True that. The economy added a total of around 403,000 to the employment roster in 2017, a significant jump from the 109,000 additional workers employed in the previous year. The unemployment rate ...

Contract work threatens super: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... pinpointed to contract work or the gig economy that's "weakening" the system originally designed for stable, full-time employment. The authors pointed to the Centre for Future Work statistics which indicate less than half of workers hold a full-time ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... option to purchase it. Its latest product, Super Only, aims to protect accounts of members employed under the Supported Employment Services Award - short-term, seasonal or intermittent employees working for less than six months eroding from insurance ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... report tried to put lipstick by pointing out that its "wage growth proxy" - which adjusts the labour cost measure for employment changes - points to higher wages growth (therefore underpinning increased consumer spending) than reported in the Wage Price ...

Morrison unveils open banking framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... confidence of customers should, in the longer term, create a customer-centric data sector which generates growth and employment. "The new services, new products and new skills inspired by open banking which benefit customers are likely to be in demand ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... inflation lifting "this year" will come true. There's no question that given strengthening momentum in the US economy, full employment and wages on the up and up, that eventually, inflation would lift. The freshly-signed tax cuts ensure this. But what's ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... the 64% one-year average". Sure, inflation could lift but this is a function of this strong growth, that's lifting employment, wages and ultimately consumer spending. These, in turn, underpin higher company sales and profits and increased investment ...