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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... at 5409.4, while the all ordinaries fell 6.5 points to 5377.1. NEW YORK - US blue chips fell as labor and business productivity data stoked concerns about rising inflation and slowing growth and retailer Wal Mart posted a disappointing sales forecast. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... period from 1995 to 2005 during which time disposable income rose by 4 per cent per year. During this period labour productivity rose by 21 per cent, the disposable income of the less well off grew by 15 per cent and home ownership remained at about ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... Deveson is calling for more policies based on what he says are the "three Ps" of growth - labour market participation, productivity and population. These include measures to promote lifelong learning and retraining, accelerate economic reform and raise ...

Slow tech roll-outs putting off tech-savvy Gen Y

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... concerns, the financial services sector has been slow to adopt wireless LAN technology, which impacts staff mobility and productivity," said Roberts Weaver director, David McEwen. But this tardiness in delivering technology and communications solutions ...

Finance is a good career move

... country." "The fact that the sector accounts for a bigger share of output than it does of employment indicates that productivity in the sector is significantly higher than average. It is, therefore, an attractive industry in which to work or invest." ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Daily Economic Update

... may not be on the verge of ending its tightening campaign as expected. This is because while there is good news on productivity, last night's data also show that unit labour costs are rising. US non-farm productivity rose by 3.2 per cent in the first ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... Fed Chairman, core inflation, which is a better indicator on 'long-term inflation trends', is stable with strong productivity gains limiting increases in unit labour costs. Lastly, Bernanke stressed that while the Fed has increased interest rates at ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... warm on the prospect of further cuts for high income earners. "But ideally, if they got serious about stimulating productivity, ahead of the negative impacts of the aging population, then it is an important thing to do."

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... driven falls around manufacturing," he said. Richardson added, "More flexible IR laws mean that wages are also tied to productivity, limiting the impact of strong wage growth affecting other sectors, so you can run the economy faster than you could before." ...