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Rates on hold for 11th consecutive month

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2004
... rise was on the cards in coming months. He said inflation on the producer side, plus an ever increasingly tight labour market, meant the Reserve would have to consider a rate rise soon. "The risks are there for going forward," he told Sky News.

Business expectations continue to accelerate, NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
... monthly volatility in some series, most key indicators continued to strengthen in trend terms,\" he said. Stronger labour market conditions were experience in August, as well as levels of capital spending and capacity utilisation that approached the ...

US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

... said the economy is "continuing to expand at a solid rate and hiring appears to have picked up." The comment on the labour market was more optimistic than at the Fed's previous meeting in March, when it expressed disappointment that new hiring has lagged. ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost wages, fuelling inflation. Economists are predicting a growth in workers' earnings in the December quarter due to ...

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Baby boomers will be urged to rethink their retirement plans in a major speech by Treasurer Peter Costello today, which will form a cornerstone of the coalition's re-election strategy. Costello is expected to push later retirement and measures to encourage ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... cent and the outlook looked good. "While labour force figures can vary from month to month, forward indicators of labour market activity point to further growth in employment in the months ahead," he said. Treasurer Peter Costello will hold a media conference ...

Economists expect a small rise in employment in November

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... in domestic economic activity since the official end of hostilities in Iraq earlier in the year had supported the labour market, Mr Bernie said. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Michael Workman said he expected 20,000 jobs to have been added in November ...

RBA moves to increase interest rates by 25 basis points

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... considerably since mid year. "The pace of consumer spending has accelerated sharply, business confidence is high, and the labour market has firmed over recent months. "While the exchange rate has appreciated, the stronger international climate, rising ...

RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... another rate rise, taking the cash rate to 5.25 per cent before Christmas. An improving global economy, tightening labour market and today's credit growth figures all pointed to a December rate hike, they said. The RBA today said seasonally adjusted ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

... economic activity is projected to gather momentum, despite a cyclical downturn in housing investment. They expect the labour market to improve further, with inflation remaining under control, given sizeable productivity gains, wage moderation and the ...