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Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... quarter GDP growth - to an annualised rate of 3.9% (from the preliminary estimate of 5.1%) - provides cold comfort to an economy that remains stuck in a rut and continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. The quasi-emergency status declared on Tokyo ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... powers over the industry are closer to becoming law. The minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume introduced The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Bill 2021 in parliament ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Australians hope that their diversified portfolios will continue to achieve double-digit returns as the pandemic shifts the economy to recovery phase, a new survey finds. Aussie participants in the 2021 Natixis global survey said COVID-19 has not dampened ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... in inflation is expected to be transitory... because overall, there is judged to be spare capacity in aggregate in the economy at present." The country's unemployment rate may have dropped to an eight-month low of 4.7% in the three months to April ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... iron ore and the soaring price of Australia's biggest commodity export - continue to underpin the Lucky Country's economy. Iron ore broke above the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne recorded more than 10 years ago (February 2011) on the 6th ...

PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... responsibilities include understanding the key priorities of PwC's financial services clients in Australia. "With our economy rebounding and a sophisticated financial services sector with renewed purpose, the financial services sector will be pivotal ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... GDP growth target of over 6%. This compares with consensus expectations - market, the IMF and the OECD - for China's economy to grow by 8.0% this year. The distortions wrought by the coronavirus pandemic to consumer and business behaviours and central ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... course, these projections do not represent a Committee decision or plan, and no one knows with any certainty where the economy will be a couple of years from now. More important than any forecast is the fact that, whenever liftoff comes, policy will ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... sexual harassment. AHRC sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins said workplace sexual harassment costs the Australian economy an estimated $3.8 billion each year. "I welcome ACSI's initiative in commissioning this survey and report, and their recognition ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission into the housing future of Australia, with the housing market now ...