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Allianz provides BankWest insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... more vital than ever to enable business owners to finance growth and acquisition, as well as cover ongoing expenses such as wages," he said. "For those business owners who do not have 'bricks and mortar' they can offer a security, debtor finance is a ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... occurring, with attendant risk that this would begin to affect wage setting, though there was no evidence of this in aggregate wages data to date. If that occurred, the cost of reducing inflation later would be greater.' And on growth, the minutes disclosed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on merchandise imports for July, and the Melbourne Institute issues its quarterly wages report. In company news today, OneSteel, Consolidated Media, Boral, Hutchison Telecommunications, Melbourne IT, JB Hi ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... inflation appears to be easing in Australia, consumer prices in the United States remain a concern. Yesterday's data on wages and inflation expectations should give comfort to the RBA. The 3.7 percent year-on-year rise in Australian average weekly ordinary ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... June quarter. While this was more than market expectations for a 1 percent rise, markets took this as an indication that wages inflation has not become critical. This is because the annual growth in wages of 4.2 percent in the quarter remained above ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... an RBA rate cut mounts and on the back of slightly cheaper petrol. Meanwhile, the Labour Price Index is expected to show wages inflation rising to 1.0 percent in the June quarter, following a 0.9 percent increase in the first quarter. Year-on-year, the ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... be interested to see whether the sharp increase in consumer prices are continuing to make their way through into higher wages. Given the continued tightness in the domestic labour market, the WCI is expected to increase by 1 percent in the second quarter. ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... standards, the trend unemployment rate series has started to turn up. Pressure on company profits brought about by higher costs - wages, raw materials and distribution - and reduced competitiveness due to the high exchange rate, suggest that this trend ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... the backdrop of clearly slowing economic activity," said KBC. At least this means "the danger of second round effects from wages is quite limited. In that respect, more expensive energy and food are mainly eroding purchasing power and leading to a slowdown ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report found. But basic hourly wages in the same period were up by a lower 3.9 per cent. Melbourne Institute research fellow ...