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Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... periods of robust growth often followed by weaker stretches. Analysing a three-month moving average, AMP noted that job growth averaged 31,000, a decline from 2022's monthly average of 42,000. The annual employment growth rate also decreased to 2.8% ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... get our kids back to school". "There remains tremendous slack in the labor market, and it would take unprecedented job growth to return to full employment in the next few years." Madam Yellen's is backed by the latest US non-farm payrolls report that ...

Risk roles on the rise: SEEK

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... "Compliance officers, directors of risk and audit, operations risk and risk and business continuity roles are contributing to job growth in the sector," SEEK said. Currently Coca Cola Amatil, University of Melbourne, Synergy, WorkSafe Victoria, Vodafone ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... the US economy followed the November employment report. A big takeaway from the report remained the inability of good job growth to drive a notable improvement in wages. WSJ ("US Hiring Figures Reveal Sweet Spot for Economy") discussed how economic output ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... where people are confident; where companies are expanding, and capital spending is growing; wage growth is picking up; job growth is pretty good and people have a good outlook and are looking ahead," Baur said. In the last decade or so people around ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... made in Australian businesses, up from $2.74 billion in FY16 to $3.26 billion in FY17. This is good news in terms of job growth and contribution to broader economic measures, particularly at a time when general business investment has been subdued," ...

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... report called it the "invisible digital boom" as the pervasive use of new technologies in all business sectors meant job growth won't exclusively come from tech companies but will cut across traditionally non-tech sectors. On the other side of the equation ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... infrastructure spending, housing construction and a boost to exports from the weaker Australian dollar. He added that job growth is likely to be a little better than expectations as we saw in the second half of 2015 though any further slowdown in China ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... the market expected. And, the report also said, hourly earnings were flat compared with May and cut the estimates for job growth in April and May. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May's retail trade figures. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... percentage point to 5.8 per cent, its lowest level since July 2008. Analysts said the report marked another month of job growth above 200,000, but was not strong enough to prod the Federal Reserve to shift from its plan to keep interest rates low well ...
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