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Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... of the workforce. "Education and healthcare are more than 20% of our workforce and they're growing. That's where the employment growth is coming from," Toth said. "It's not coming from mining and it's not coming from construction. On construction it ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... are going to see housing support GDP growth in this country all the way through until early 2017. That will support employment, that will support manufacturing, that will support brown goods and white goods and things we intend to put in new construction." ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... less than expectations for a 55.1 print - with the major components of the report - business activity; new orders; employment -- exhibiting a similar weakening. This followed the ISM manufacturing survey (reported earlier this week) which printed at ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... contraction in spending in mining investment continued. Surveys of business conditions moved to above average levels, employment growth picked up and the unemployment rate declined in the second half of the year, even though measured GDP growth was below ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... 2015) could "wash out" the downward pressure to inflation. To be sure, while wage growth remains slow, the strong US employment report for December -- payrolls jumping by 292,000 in December following a 252,000 increase in the previous month. This is ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... consumers have used a digitally enabled shared product or service that includes transport, accommodation, education, employment and finance.

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... thousands of new jobs. The modelling shows Australia's economy will be 1.9% bigger after the changes. In addition, employment will rise 0.1%, real wages will increase 1.4% and productivity will rise 1.8%. Within the package the FSC has also renewed its ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that total employment decreased by 1,000 in December. This is much less than market expectations for a loss of 12,500 jobs over the month. Moreover ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... about increasing the mandatory employer superannuation contribution rate to 12%, saying it will operate as a tax on employment. Australian Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kate Carnell said "increasing the superannuation guarantee will impact not ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... detailed: Overall livelihood: 41.1 (up 0.2 from the previous month) Income growth: 41.8 (up 0.7 from the previous month) Employment:46.3 (down 0.4 from the previous month) Willingness to buy durable goods:41.6 (the same as the previous month) To be sure ...