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Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... keep on lifting their investment on buildings and structures, equipment, plant and machinery and staff. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest 'CAPEX' report reveals that they have already done so in the March 2021 quarter. Here ...

Financial services job market hot: Hays

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... increase of 3% or more would better reflect their performance. While 3% might not sound like much to some, recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows wages growth of just 0.6% overall. The Hays guide is based on a survey of 3500 organisations ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... barley to lobsters to wine - into its shores, China remains our top export market. Preliminary estimates by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the country's merchandise goods trade surplus expanded to A$10.1 billion in April - the ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... already above long-term average readings of 17 in March and 19 in Feb (long-term average is 6). More recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's unemployment rate fell from 5.7% in March to 5.5% in April - 0.2 ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... 2020. Most of this went towards the rent or mortgage, and household and credit card bills. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average withdrawals were $7728 and $7536 across the two tranches. The institute said in retrospect, the government ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... postponed during the height of the pandemic." This was how Michelle Marquardt, head of price statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), explained the latest figures on the growth in wages in the domestic economy. Growth in total wages accelerated ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... tensions between Beijing and Canberra, China cannot get enough of Australia's biggest commodity export. Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) figures show that, in terms of quantity, Beijing bought 4% more iron ore (lump) in the month of March ...

Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Latest inflation figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) underscore both the Reserve Bank of Australia's prescience and governor Philip Lowe's expectation that the official cash rate will remain low until at least 2024. ...

ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed what people who accessed their super early due to financial hardship caused by COVID-19 spent the money on. The ABS found that 29% of people who accessed their super in the early release of super program ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... participation in the workforce has reached a record high of 61.8%, the latest employment statistics show. Citing new Australian Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation ...