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Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... sentiment (along with retail sales - released on November 4). November 13: Wage Price Index November 14: Australian Labour Force Report Weakening employment growth has already been flagged by successive readings on the ANZ job ads survey, with the lead ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... contains a definition of the ABS Labour Force survey and its market implications. Here's a snippet: "The Australian Labour Force report ranks as one of the most significant indicator and has an important bearing on the outlook for domestic investments. ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... contains a definition of the ABS Labour Force survey and its market implications. Here's a snippet: The Australian Labour Force report ranks as one of the most significant indicator and has an important bearing on the outlook for domestic investments. ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... plans to the bringing forward of interest rate hike expectations. Depending on the figures, tomorrow's Australian Labour Force report could reinforce further gains in the Australian dollar or halt/reverse its climb versus the greenback.

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... that the unemployment rate is likely to rise a bit further and peak a bit later than earlier expected." Australian labour force stats released a week later affirmed the RBA's less rosier expectation - the unemployment rate jumped to 6.4% in January - ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... jobs numbers surprised way below - four times less - than expected. Never mind that a broader look at the Australian Labour Force report shows that on average more jobs are being created one average so far this year (17K) than last year (12.5K) and the ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... a free archive -- I was able to access a news article posted on 7 April 2005 - the day the March 2005 Australian Labour Force report was released. The ABC reported on this day that then 'Federal Employment Minister Kevin Andrews says the jobless rate ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... the cheers just get louder. The horizon is within sight. Australia's fearful trip is done. The latest Australian Labour Force report showed the country's unemployment rate inching down to 5.7 per cent in September from 5.8 per cent in the previous month. ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... the not so distant past when gloomers and doomers ruled the roost? When headlines spun each and every Australian Labour Force report into something short of causing a heart attack? Back in March this year when most of us were fearful, the headlines read ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... got it wrong. This was the main reaction to yesterday's fall in Australia's unemployment numbers. The Australian Labour Force Report showed that the country's unemployment rate fell to 5.4 per cent in April after jumping 5 basis points to 5.7 per cent ...
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