The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Wage growth likely to pick up as labour market tightens

More from Macquarie:

"The current ratio of unemployed people to the number of job vacancies (using the ABS measure) is around 3½ times, which suggests that there will be a pick-up in wages growth in the coming months. Moreover, this analysis suggests that a further 1ppt fall in the unemployment rate would likely see wages growth quickly move above 4%."

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