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GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... near-trend growth with a tighter fiscal and monetary policy." National Accounts data released by the ABS showed that productivity has grown at almost twice the average rate over the past decade and that profits are increasing at more than 20%. This could ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against a wide range of ESG matters. Frontier believes the path taken to achieve these headline objectives ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... getting inflation back toward target without tipping the economy into recession." "Of course, a fortuitous mix of productivity gains, unblocked supply chains, increasing labour force participation, financial market resilience and the deft execution of ...

Crestone warns on economic challenges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... inflation, Crestone said that key questions will focus on the LNP's ability to control the budget, boost Australia's productivity growth, along with all the other factors that will contribute to keep inflation and interest rates at manageable levels. ...

Westpac architects new institutional banking platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... planning the next step in that evolution for our institutional clients. "The new platform will enable us to improve productivity and cost-efficiencies while simplifying processes and making it easier for our customers to do business with us." Founder ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... in Award wages, a crackdown on wage theft and public backing of fair pay rises that reflect a fair share of labour productivity growth. On what economists saw as the best government policies to help deliver higher wages, an Economic Society of Australia ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... 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, but to a great extent, the enduring ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... economic distortion that stops mothers in particular from working more than three or four days a week. It will boost productivity and workforce participation across the economy." The Labor party plans to reduce the cost of child care by lifting the maximum ...

Flexible work expectation gap widens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... from home', there is a growing body of research that finds remote working not only supports a worker's individual productivity in performing routine work, but it could boost it," the research found. "Hybrid working 2.0 is a business imperative that drives ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... prop up opportunities for technology, with the sector supporting other businesses and helping older workers improve productivity, according to Swell Asset Management chief investment officer Lachlan Hughes. "Technology companies have benefited from greater ...