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Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... said he expected the strong inflow growth to continue as long as the economy remained strong, with increased earnings and wages.

Corporates ride market turbulence

... According to CommSec, "finding suitable workers is now a bigger constraint on business than lack of sales. But the response of wages has been modest because the supply of labour is keeping up with strong demand." Suzy Mac

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... level. Rainmaker has just released analysis revealing contributions levels are already approaching 20 per cent of total wages and salaries. Despite booming superannuation, Richardson nonetheless cautioned that inter-generational equity is still a risk. ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... have a three in front by year's end and this has redoubled speculation on interest rate pressures. 'Upward pressures on wages growth' and 'pre-election rate hikes' abound but it's anyone's guess at this stage be it an educated one or not. Where most ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
As technology industries' demand for offshore services drives India's wages growth, India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is sending some of its outsourcing services offshore to Mexico. While India's salaries generally remain significantly lower than ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... While the economy continues to push against capacity, any new cost or price inflationary pressures were noticeably absent. Wages growth slowed during May as did purchase cost inflation, and economy wide prices remained controlled at around 2.6 per cent. ...

Economic round-up - Baby take a bow

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... news for the supply side of the economy was business investment rising a very healthy 7.6 per cent for the quarter, and wages growth remains consistent with the RBA's inflation target at 1.1per cent in the quarter. Following the GDP release, a Reuter's ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... is increasing pressure on the hospitality, retail and manufacturing industries, as mining companies are offering premium wages to all including inexperienced recruits. For resources sector dependent businesses the situation can be dire, as exemplified ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... economists is that all is well on the inflation and interest rate fronts, following the unexpected slowing of our first quarter wages growth. But, for how long can we maintain moderate inflation levels when it appears that our record levels of optimism ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... their own optimism where interest rates are concerned and this is due in part to the unexpected slowing of our first quarter wages growth. As we know economic forecasting can be like weather forecasting. Recent median estimates of a 1.3 per cent wage ...