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Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006

... Statistics' (ABS) Labour Price Index - reported a day before the US CPI data - showed little upward pressure on inflation from wages. The wage price index (WPI) rose by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter and 4 per cent over the year. These are less than ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006

... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Labour Price Index report indicates that little upward pressure on inflation from wages. The wage price index (WPI) rose by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter and 4 per cent over the year. These are less than market ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006

... markets receive updates on domestic wage inflation. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release first quarter data on the wages price index and average weekly ordinary time earnings. Likewise, this week's report on consumer sentiment will gauge ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006

... per cent in March, personal spending increasing by 0.6 per cent. The stronger than expected gain in income was driven by wages, proprietors income and transfer payments from the Medicare health-care program. Still more. US construction spending went ...

Daily economic update

... oil prices has a negative impact on disposable personal income and hurt consumer spending unless offset by increases in wages or debt, wherever net oil-importing country one lives. Then there is oil's impact on inflation.

Daily Economic Update

... 2006. However, if the slowly rising trend in employment is sustained, higher consumer spending and greater demand for higher wages would follow. These, along with the expected reduction in personal income taxes expected to be announced in the May Budget ...

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE | WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006

... announcement. Access Economics director, Chris Richardson, said while there has been a tussle in inflation pressures, through rising wages, jobs and house price markets, the close timing to the budget announcement will keep rates stagnant for now. "Politics ...

Advice is cheap compared to tax return fees

... bargain. According to the 2002-03 Taxation Statistics Report, Australians paid $1 billion in tax agent fees against total wages and salaries of $380 billion, for a cost ratio of approximately 0.25 per cent. While this is about half the contemporary average ...

Daily economic update

... raise borrowing costs than cut them, With employment growth slowing, there is little pressure on inflation through higher wages. In fact, recent data showed that the wage price index increased by less than expected in the fourth quarter. These soft conditions ...

Weekly economic round-up

... expecting to boost their capital spend. This is good news as the country's growth outlook is further enhanced by last week's wages reports indicating little pressure on inflation coming from the labour market. The ABS wage price index (WPI) excluding ...

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