How to Beat the Economy This Week

The Reserve Bank's board minutes were released on Tuesday. They said more rate rises are a possibility depending on what the data says. On Thursday, we got labor force figures showing a jump in the unemployment rate from 3.5 to 3.7%. The wage price index showed that wages are rising up 3.7% over the year to the end of March at their fastest level in more than 10 years. Don Farrell was right when he predicted China would start buying Australian timber again this week. Global politics is a state of flux now and Sean O'Brien will be covering it for us next week.