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CATs – Credit Authorisation Terminals

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The Labour Market during and after the Terms of Trade Boom

17 Mar 2016 Bulletin – March 2016
Kathryn Davis, Martin McCarthy and Jonathan Bridges
During the terms of trade boom, strong growth in output prices meant that the real cost of labour declined from the average firm's perspective and demand for labour increased. At the same time, the appreciation of the exchange rate helped contain
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/mar/1.html

Trends in Relative Consumer Prices

10 Jul 2009 Bulletin – July 2009
David Orsmond and Tom Rosewall
Nominal unit labour costs are estimated using total labour costs divided by real GDP (both series are sourced from the ABS National Accounts, Cat No 5206.0). ... partly based on project home price data from the ABS House Price Indexes release, Cat No 6416
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/jul/1.html

Developments in the Mining Sector

10 Jul 2000 Bulletin – July 2000
Merylin Coombs
34.1. 27.3. Notes: (a) Sources: ABARE, ABS Cat No 5302.0 and 8415.0.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/jul/1.html

Household Wealth in Australia: Evidence from the 2014 HILDA Survey

16 Jun 2016 Bulletin – June 2016
Paul Ryan and Tahlee Stone
This article uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to assess how the distribution of wealth changed for Australian households between 2010 and 2014. Average household wealth increased modestly over that
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/jun/1.html

Inflation and the Cost of Living

20 Mar 2014 Bulletin – March 2014
David Jacobs, Dilhan Perera and Thomas Williams
This article looks at increases in the cost of living for Australian households over the past decade. Inflation as measured by changes in the consumer price index (CPI) overstates ‘true’ increases in the cost of living due to a number of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/4.html

Oil Market Developments and Macroeconomic Implications

10 Oct 2004 Bulletin – October 2004
Anthony Dickman and James Holloway
Imports. Petroleum. 6.6. 10.0. Gas. 2.8. 0.2. Coal. 11.0. 0.0. Source: ABS Cat No 5368.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2004/oct/1.html

Realisation Ratios in the Capital Expenditure Survey

19 Dec 2013 Bulletin – December 2013
Leon Berkelmans and Gareth Spence
The Australian Bureau of Statistics capital expenditure survey is one of the inputs into the Reserve Bank's forecasts for private business investment. This article considers several methods for interpreting the expectations data from this survey and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/dec/1.html

Unemployment and Spare Capacity in the Labour Market

18 Sep 2014 Bulletin – September 2014
Alexander Ballantyne, Daniel De Voss and David Jacobs
The unemployment rate provides an important gauge of spare capacity in the labour market and the economy more generally. However, other factors also affect unemployment, which complicates its interpretation when informing monetary policy.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/sep/2.html

Assessing China's Merchandise Trade Data Using Mirror Statistics

17 Dec 2015 Bulletin – December 2015
Iris Day
Given their timeliness, Chinese trade data have the potential to provide a useful early read on conditions in the Australian and global traded sectors. However, the reliability of China's merchandise trade data has come under scrutiny in recent
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/dec/3.html

Measuring ‘Underlying’ Inflation

10 Aug 1994 Bulletin – August 1994
Sources: ABS Cat. Nos 5206.0, 6401.0; Commonwealth Treasury. The ‘underlying’ rate of inflation – rather than the conventional CPI – is the primary focus for monetary policy purposes; it is this
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1994/aug/1.html