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Weekly Economic Roundup

... aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita which disrupted production in the Gulf of Mexico. Given the slowing domestic labour market, this week's various updates on Australian wages would assume significance in local trading activity. The Australian Bureau ...

Daily Economic Update

... rate increased to 5.2 per cent in October from 5.1 per cent in the previous month. The softening in the domestic labour market, if sustained, could lead to weaker consumer spending and put a drag on economic growth. Australian inflation expectations ...

Economic Roundup

... October payrolls report released over the weekend. Locally, investors will get an update into the state of our own labour market, business and consumer sentiment and the housing market. This should make for a very interesting week in financial market ...

Weekly economic roundup

... larger-than-expected 0.6 per cent in August after a 0.1 per cent dip in the previous month on the back of a strong labour market. However, a labour market indicator released a day earlier suggested that employment growth could be on the verge of slowing. ...

Economic roundup

... cent monthly rise which is up 4.2 per cent from the same month last year. The continued strength in the Australian labour market remains one of the key market pillars - along with business investment - offsetting the drag on consumer spending brought ...

Weekly economic roundup

... consistent with the gradually improving picture in the Australian economy, helped by the persistent strength in the labour market (unemployment at 30-year lows), tax cuts implemented in July and stable interest rates. However, strong domestic employment ...

Weekly economic roundup

... further rises could not happen' because of the likelihood that wage pressures may increase given the strength in the labour market. Indeed, the latest Australian labour market report showed that employment grew for the 11th consecutive month in July ...

Boutique fund managers important to industry: van Eyk

... identified the importance of fund managers attracting, training and retaining quality staff especially under a tight labour market in financial services. van Eyk's Australian equities review covered 30 managers available to Australian investors and adopted ...

Higher interest rates ahead

... pressure remains modest and in line with underlying productivity growth and capacity constrains in the product and labour market begin to ease with higher investment spending and training," Cunneen says.

Unemployment at lowest level since 1977

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... could be made in coming months. "While labour force figures can vary from month to month, forward indicators of labour market activity point to further solid employment gains in the months ahead," he said. Macquarie Bank senior economist Brian Redican ...