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Wage costs up 1% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... December 2003, seasonally adjusted. Private sector wage costs climbed 1% for the quarter (3.3% annual) while public sector wages lifted 1.1% (4.8% annual). Wages in the construction and education sectors lifted just 0.3% for the quarter while government ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Figures out today will give the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) an indication if it needs to tackle potential wages inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

... forecast horizon and relate to the strength of economic activity and the impact of this on upstream inflationary pressures and wages outcomes, the RBA said. AAP

Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... enjoys the concurrent combination of unemployment below six per cent and inflation below three per cent," Mr Howard said. Wages had risen but increases in productivity kept inflation subdued. New figures show Australia's jobs boom was set to continue ...

Small business conditions improve in November quarter: ACCI

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
... the survey showed employment costs edged up in the three-month period as the jobless rate plunged to 14-year lows. Both wages and non-wage labour costs rose in November and businesses expected the trend to continue over the next six months. ACCI said ...

Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... Statistics said. Growth over the past 12 months was 5.7 per cent, from 6.3 per cent, the ABS said, allowing for seasonal factors. Wages in the public sector rose 1.2 per cent in the quarter compared to 0.4 per cent in the private sector. The figures ...

Wage growth should continue: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
Australian wages growth should continue following the recent drop in unemployment but it is unlikely to affect inflation, according to economists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will report the September quarter Wage Cost Index (WCI) today, and ...

CPI within the medium-term inflation target band: Costello

... medium-term influences on inflation point to continued moderate price pressures in the period ahead," he said. "In particular, wages growth remains steady and pressures from other business input costs have been low over recent quarters. In addition ...

Business conditions strengthen significantly: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... remain at 3.75 per cent, with some expected slowing in house prices broadly offset by reasonable growth in employment and wages together with higher equities. Dwelling investment was now not expected to fall as significantly as previously forecast, with ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... work, remained steady at 63.5 per cent. Mr Costello said he did not expect the low jobless rate to put upwards pressure on wages. "One of the successes about getting more people into jobs is that wage demands have been moderate because inflation has ...