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FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... achieve is an economy where growth has continued to tick over, albeit slowly, where unemployment has stayed incredibly low, jobs are being created, wages are up, but inflation is down considerably." When pressed on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... accelerate in 2025 from the lacklustre growth performance of 2024," Cunneen said. "While income tax cuts last year and the solid jobs market are positives, the reality is that Australian consumers are reluctant to spend given the cost-of-living squeeze ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... strategy and to maximise overall return outcomes for members." Chatfield said investments in property are continuing to deliver jobs for members and new developments across the nation. "Through Cbus Property we've taken the opportunity to deploy ...

SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation-that plays a key role in promoting innovation, jobs creation, and the American Dream." Uyeda was first sworn into office as a commissioner in June 2022 after being confirmed ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... higher. Dimon attributes this to the country's culture of innovation, growth, and capital investment that led to plentiful jobs, wage growth, businesses making profit, and elevated stock and house prices. "But I would put two real 'buts' ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... weaker AUD pushing up petrol prices and other key imports," he said. Betashares chief economist David Bassanese agreed the jobs data did not make a case for a near-term interest rate cut. "The impressively resilient strength in the labour market remains ...

The highest paying jobs in financial services: Data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
There is a high demand for financial services professionals in Australia, according to the 2025 Robert Walters Salary Survey. The three roles employers are most eager to fill are operations analysts, investment analysts and credit analysts, the survey ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Pointing to Wednesday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) release, Vanguard suggests inflation is continuing to decline within a tight jobs market, despite the underlying inflation rate remaining well above the RBA's target range of 2-3%. "The RBA shouldn't ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... for 3.4% yoy on the Q4 quarterly trimmed measure. However, the job vacancy data add to a picture which suggests that the jobs market is no longer loosening, but is instead tightening. "That means that although core inflation may be heading to the RBA's ...

Brighter Super to buy up Queensland real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... chief executive Kate Farrar said. "Industrial assets form the backbone of our communities, driving economic growth, creating jobs, and supporting essential supply chains. They play a pivotal role in strengthening local economies and building resilient ...