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Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
If this is as bad as it gets, give me coronavirus everyday (well, hope not). The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that employment increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie ...

Liquid and ready: Cbus

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... planning, transport and infrastructure. Atkin said the new development would support up to 2000 construction jobs as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. "This landmark project comes at such an important time for the construction industry ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis." No country will be left unscathed, she said. "The cumulative loss to global GDP over 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic crisis could be around ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... workers. However, Miller did point out that once isolation measures are relaxed there is a chance the 'back-bounce' the country will experience might be sharper than most. "I think the important point here is not to quibble too much about the central ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... probably never thought they'd be unemployed. "I think it's pretty clear to most people, if not every person in this country, that the coronavirus is having an impact on our country and on the lives of Australians. I mean, it's hard to avoid when ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... been affected by COVID, in a move that was panned by the opposition and industry funds lobby. Australia is not the only country to allow early access to retirement savings during COVID-19 - the United States and India have made similar allowances. The ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Turkish energy company, Berko funnelled at least US$2.5 million to a Ghana-based intermediary to pay the bribes to the country's government. The SEC alleges that Berko helped the intermediary pay more than US$200,000 to various government officials ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... 20,000 deaths from the virus over the weekend. In Australia, 6394 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while the country's death toll has hit 61. Investors are betting their wealth on the belief that infection rates are slowing, Natixis chief market ...

Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... for the delivery of outcomes." Hedley said the new regulations could stifle business opportunities at a time where the country is desperate for economic growth. "These measures will leave thousands of Australian startups, emerging, listed and private ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
South Korea's KOSPI index has rebounded by 26.5% from the coronavirus-induced plunge that saw it hit an 11-year low of 1457.6 points recorded on March 19 this year - reducing its 2020 year-to-date loss by more than half to -16.1% from -33.7%. Similarly ...