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RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... increases and broader economic conditions, but with profits at record levels, productivity high and labour's share of GDP at an all-time low, working people cannot continue to see real pay cuts after a decade of record low wage growth under the previous ...

Active Super kickstarts reward program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Active Super has launched a Super Booster reward program to accelerate the growth of members' super balances. The Super Booster reward program is a 'set and forget' tool for members to top-up their super balances with eligible retail purchases. ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... severe flooding in the states of Queensland and New South Wales." Unlike nearly all other developed countries, Australia's GDP growth projections for 2022 increased slightly from the OECD's December estimate. Though, its inflation projection ...

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... an additional 4400 full-time equivalent workers to the Australian economy by 2062," the report said. In this scenario, the GDP would be boosted by $1.1 billion in the 2062 year and a further $126 million in costs of unemployment would be saved. It was ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Beating consensus estimates, the Australian GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 and 3.3% year on year. While more positive than expected, the latest figures represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... International brief reveals. According to Oxfam, the total wealth of the world's billionaires is now equivalent to 13.9% of global GDP, a three-fold increase (up from 4.4%) in 2000. This wealth has risen more in the first 24 months of COVID-19 than in ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... performance over recent years, Australia has endured, relatively unscathed from the political tensions that grip our allies. GDP growth has been slow as has productivity, cost of living has ballooned and wages have stagnated in spite of low unemployment ...

Australian economy outperforms: Austrade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... highlighted in Austrade's latest report. The data, sourced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also suggests that nominal GDP will be around $2.4 trillion. "Australia is home to just 0.3% of the world's population, but accounts for 1.6% of the ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... with the Reserve Bank of Australia one of the main drivers. "Australian entered the pandemic with an exceptionally low debt/GDP ratio by comparison to its international peers - 47%. In pursuit of its zero-COVID policy, the government has borrowed very ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... government is going to be putting about $13.4 billion into people's pockets over the next six months; that's 1.3% of GDP," Wood explained. "Compare this to the stimulus package from the Global Financial Crisis - that was 1.2% of GDP over six ...