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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... new orders (up 6.4 points to 54.7 in October); exports (up 6.0 points to 56.0); and sales (up 3.6 points to 55.0). Employment advanced by 1 point in October but remained in contraction at 47.7. However, production declined by 2.9 points to a reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... reading in October from 50.8 in the previous month as production increased at the fastest rate since December last year. Employment increased at a faster rate in October to a two and a half year high while the rate of decline in input and output prices ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... to +36 in October from +34 in the previous month and that for new orders jumping to +39.0 from +31.9. Likewise, the employment level rose by 2.3 points to a reading of +9.4 while the average workweek surge by 14.5 points to +4.7. China CPI inflation ...

Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... of people dependent on welfare and receiving no superannuation at all. KMPG said indigenous Australians who are in employment and do receive superannuation payments face a myriad of issues that substantially reduce the efficacy of the system for them ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... the latest indications from this survey provide further evidence of a slowing labour market indicated in the official employment report and the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI). Job openings dropped by 7.3% to 5.443 million in the month of August ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... from +13); profitability (+7 from +4); forward orders (+8 from +2); stocks (+2 from +1) and exports (+2 from +1). The employment sub-index fell to a reading of +1 in September from +4 in August. Commenting on the latest survey, NAB chief economist Alan ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... longer-term value these 'megatrends' hold. The report demonstrates cities in the US that reflect increasing innovation and employment growth prospects are most likely to thrive, whereas in Europe cultural centres that attract talent and tourism show ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... payrolls The soft lead from the ADP private payrolls would have economists trimming their forecasts for the official US employment report for September due out Friday night (consensus expectations are for a 170K increase). The ADP private payrolls survey ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... indicating that Australia's services sector remains in contraction territory. Three of the five-sub-activity indices - employment (44.3); deliveries (46.5); and, stocks (41.1) - remained in contraction in September. The other two - new orders and sales ...