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Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... social and business restrictions) is tilted towards higher inflation going forward but this is counteracted by job insecurity and business discounting.

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... (11.3% vs. 6.9%). Women under 25 years old were most affected by mental health conditions and experienced greater job insecurity than men last year (27.1% vs. 25.7%). Women were also forced to work fewer hours than men (26.7% vs 22.1% for men). One in ...

Pandemic proves value of advice: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... further quarter revealing high levels of financial stress. The biggest stress factors were depletion of savings, job insecurity and loss of superannuation. One in five said they could have improved their situation by putting cash aside for a rainy day ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... increased". This isn't surprising, given the closure of many businesses due to the pandemic that, in turn, led to job insecurity and/or reduced work hours, pay cuts, if not, outright job loss. This is happening as Australia closed its borders to ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... themselves, it is often a tragedy which has lasting effects on their lifetime income. For those in work, it raises job insecurity and undermines social cohesion. For governments, it weighs on public finances and harms election prospects. And unemployment ...

Thousands of finance workers face axe: FSU

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... we're looking at several thousand jobs more jobs to go in an industry that is more profitable than ever before. Job insecurity is at an all-time high and members of the industry are feeling very insecure at the moment," she told Financial Standard. Her ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... This might seem a trifle given that there will be relatively few in this income bracket now with unemployment and job insecurity rising. The more pressing matter is that this announcement could distract and detract from the more pressing problem at hand. ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... first month of 2009, who could blame Americans - and all their cousins around the world - from taking the year off. Job insecurity and job losses, businesses closures, home repossessions and foreclosures, tighter lending standards, output contraction ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... commentaries on employment such as these could turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Bad news on jobs create job insecurity, job insecurity leads to lower spending, lower spending leads to reduced profits, leads to job shedding, leads to bad news ...
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