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RBA Glossary definition for BLADE
BLADE – Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment
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Financial Health and Employment in the Business Sector: A Non-linear Relationship
21 Sep 2023
Bulletin
– September 2023
This article examines how increased financial stress in the business sector negatively impacts employment through the behaviour of firms.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/sep/financial-health-and-employment-in-the-business-sector-a-non-linear-relationship.html
Can Wage-setting Mechanisms Affect Labour Market Reallocation and Productivity?
16 Mar 2023
Bulletin
– March 2023
Productivity growth has slowed in Australia and overseas in recent decades, with negative implications for wages and incomes.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/can-wage-setting-mechanisms-affect-labour-market-reallocation-and-productivity.html
First Nations Businesses: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
16 Jun 2022
Bulletin
– June 2022
Australia’s First Nations business sector is growing at a pace of around 4 per cent per year, fuelled by growing demand.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/jun/first-nations-businesses-progress-challenges-and-opportunities.html
Which Firms Drive Business Investment? New Evidence on the Firm-size Distribution
9 Dec 2021
Bulletin
– December 2021
Business investment plays a key role in our current and future economic prosperity.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/dec/which-firms-drive-business-investment-new-evidence-on-the-firm-size-distribution.html
Can Structural Change Account for the Low Level of Non-mining Investment?
20 Jun 2019
Bulletin
– June 2019
No, it cannot. Non-mining firms have invested less over the past decade, relative to their output, than they did over the previous two decades, and this decline in investment intensity has been broad based across firms.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2019/jun/can-structural-change-account-for-the-low-level-of-non-mining-investment.html
Firm-level Insights into Skills Shortages and Wages Growth
21 Mar 2019
Bulletin
– March 2019
Despite increased reports of skills shortages from contacts in the RBA's regional and industry liaison program since 2016, national wages growth has picked up only a little and remains subdued.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2019/mar/firm-level-insights-into-skills-shortages-and-wages-growth.html
Business Concentration and Mark-ups in the Retail Trade Sector
13 Dec 2018
Bulletin
– December 2018
The share of industry sales accounted for by the largest Australian businesses (or ‘business concentration’) has gradually risen since the start of this century.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/business-concentration-and-mark-ups-in-the-retail-trade-sector.html
Which Firms Get Credit? Evidence from Firm-level Data
13 Dec 2018
Bulletin
– December 2018
To improve our understanding of how lenders assess firms’ creditworthiness, this article relates the characteristics of firms to whether their applications for credit were approved.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/which-firms-get-credit-evidence-from-firm-level-data.html
Financial Stability Risks and Retailing
20 Sep 2018
Bulletin
– September 2018
Discretionary goods retailers are facing a challenging environment of increased competition, slow growth in consumer spending and changing consumer preferences.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/sep/financial-stability-risks-and-retailing.html
Private Non-mining Investment in Australia
21 Jun 2018
Bulletin
– June 2018
There is some supporting evidence from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) BLADE database that small business investment has been unusually weak since the crisis; panel models of investment by firm ... The BLADE (Business Longitudinal Analytical
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/jun/private-non-mining-investment-in-australia.html