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Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Finder's RBA cash rate survey reveals 58% of economists expects a rate rise in 2022. In this month's survey, 36 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the state of the economy. While almost all ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... has been since 2008 at 6.6% and the unemployment rate is near the level that would be considered 'full employment' by economists. This tight labour market should support a case of wage growth, but that's not happening yet. "Mapping a Phillips curve relationship ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... be caught unprepared for the rapid shift to a low-carbon economy." Whitehead said FINSIA is aware of regulator and economists' concerns and is focusing the Institute's role to highlight climate science skills as a critical requirement in the professionalism ...

Financial Standard, Deakin University partner

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... launching the FS Aspire CPD platform in 2019, as well as running a host of CPD-accredited events including the Chief Economists Forum, Advisers Big Day Out and Best Practice Series. Financial Standard managing director Christopher Page said the partnership ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... allowing early access to super to buy a home hurt the retirement savings of young people, ISA pointed to research from economists - including former ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake - that shows handing cash to first home buyers does not promote home ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... the purchases at this rate until at least mid February 2022." The third point wrong-footed more than half (62.5%) of economists surveyed by Bloomberg that expected "the Reserve Bank of Australia will defer scaling back quantitative easing". It's ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... a hundred days, and; the extended lockdown in Victoria's (VIC) is expected to be extended anew. Private sector economists and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have already penciled in a contraction in Australian third quarter GDP even before the ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in perpetuity, for his alma mater. There are two types of economists: those who could say they've worked with Reserve Bank governors and those who could say they've recruited promising ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... governance structures to understand the housing system and construct a coherent policy response. In a survey of 87 leading economists and housing experts, 85% said policymakers should pay greater attention to the economic productivity effects of housing ...

CFAs not immune to pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... April/March survey were investment consultants (34% of respondents affected), compliance analysts or officers (also 34%), economists (33%), and consultants (32%). Roles where the least respondents reported a decrease in compensation were regulators (0% ...