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WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... in September;... and then, there's the data dependent Fed where recent survey and data flow - weaker than expected employment and inflation and lately, lower than expected retail sales and negative PPI inflation and the Beige Book reporting only 3 of ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... prove to be large enough to have a significant effect on the path for policy." But (there it is again), "...recent employment reports have been somewhat disappointing and, as always, we are closely monitoring developments that could affect our sense ...

Are Aussies super know-it-alls?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... comfortable retirement. Fifty-five per cent of Australians will use additional income sources such as property and employment to supplement their superannuation and about 11% will rely on inheritance. ING DIRECT chief executive Vaughn Rictor said as ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... muted at 1.3% in August (it has been below the Fed's 2.0% target since May 2012 and has been trending lower since) - employment - only 142,000 jobs were added in September with downward revisions in the previous two months subtracting another 59,000 ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... has been somewhat below longer-term averages for some time, it has been accompanied with somewhat stronger growth of employment and a steady rate of unemployment over the past year." "Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately, although exports ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... 12.2%. Data released last week - the ones that directly related to the Fed's twin mandate of stable inflation and full employment -- vindicated Janet's prudence. Stable inflation. The Fed's favoured measure of inflation, the core personal consumption ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... in October. This week brings us data that directly answers the Fed's success or otherwise to its dual mandate - full employment and stable prices. The core Personal Consumption and Expenditure (PCE) price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... weighing on inflation wane, provided that economic growth continues to be strong enough to complete the return to maximum employment and long-run inflation expectations remain well anchored. Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... said that "it was a great privilege to serve on the frontbench. "In each and every ministry from Financial Services to Employment and Workplace Relations, from Small Business and Tourism to Treasurer, I have sought to do my very best for the people of ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... and making your super last. In Mozambique, the average person is not expected to make preservation age, and with the employment rate just a little over 10% even if they did have a super regime like Australia, there would be very little savings," Grindley ...