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Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... quarter to 2.6% in December from 3.3% in the previous three-month period, indicating increased confidence among consumers over jobs, income and the stock market.... and of course, over expanding business investment. Fixed investment added 1.27 percentage ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... participation rate to 65.7% from 65.5%, suggesting stronger confidence among job-seekers that they'll be successful in finding jobs - one that's consistent with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey showing the unemployment expectations ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... quarter last year, bolstered by a less threatening outlook for interest rates and improving confidence around the economy and jobs. While the mood is 'cautiously optimistic' rather than buoyant, this is the best monthly index read since late 2013 and ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... extra activities, on top of taking time off from work, can be stressful, she said. The amount of money earned for undertaking jobs around the house however, paled in comparison, with children making an average of $32. For teenagers (16 to 18 years old) ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January 2018 as part of broader reforms under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aiming to provide tax relief for workers, families and organisations. Thirty-one per cent strongly agreed that Australia ...

Crowdfunding investment opportunity unleashed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... creates opportunities, especially for small businesses in the early growth stage," she said. "This is all about delivering more jobs, higher wages and greater growth for our economy by ensuring Australians are able to harness new and innovative ways ...

FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... "The gig economy is going to transform the workplace in ways we don't expect," he argued. "We'll see a world of work, but jobs may increasingly become a rarity, and super in that context will need to be personalised and be on-demand. But it will also ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... Japan's labour market stats indicate it would. Japan's unemployment rate fell to a 24-year low of 2.7% in November with the jobs-to-applicants ratio rising to a 44-year high of 1.56 in the same month. Not surprisingly, wages are starting to pick up. ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... 252,000 gain in the previous month with the unemployment rate holding steady at a 17-year low of 4.1%. Even better, the latest jobs report contained indication that wages are starting to pick up (at least at the margin). Average hourly earnings increased ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... 61,600 in November, more than three times consensus expectations for a 19,200 gain. Even better, both full-time and part time jobs went up by 41,900 and 19,700, respectively. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4% in November but this was due ...