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US economy 'really taking off': UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... UniSuper head of fixed income David Colosimo said the US economy may be performing better than was expected despite ongoing inflation and geopolitical concerns. "If you look at the market-wide numbers, both Australia and the US were up between 1-2% in ...

Australian managed funds up $35.9bn in 2025: Calastone

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... credited this to a return of investor confidence and a subsequent willingness to increase exposure to risk assets as inflation trended lower. Multi-asset funds attracted the most flows in the second half of 2025, recording $2.9 billion of inflows in ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... setting interest rates. "The move reflected views Warsh may be less supportive of aggressive easing and more focused on inflation and balance-sheet discipline," Ottley said.

Review launched into thin capitalisation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... legislation passed in April 2024. "The three big economic priorities for the Albanese Government this year are addressing inflation, productivity and global uncertainty, and ensuring multinationals pay a fairer share of tax through reforms like these ...

Chalmers to focus on productivity, economic repair in 2026 Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... take into consideration the prevailing economic conditions. We don't write that Budget in January, but clearly, the inflation data... will have a very substantial bearing on the budget settings that we determine in the lead-up to the release of the Budget ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... frustrated. "Of course, that won't please the White House but with US economic activity growth exceeding expectations and inflation still exhibiting some 'stickiness' the decision to leave the policy rate unchanged is eminently defensible," Miller said. ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to December was up from 3.4% to November," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The largest contributor to ...

Unemployment rate may tip the scale in favour of February RBA hike

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... David Bassanese said while the report "does not guarantee a Reserve Bank interest rate hike," it makes next week's inflation report "even more [of] a 'make or break' moment." The numbers shocked, with a 65,000 bounce back in employment for ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... economy in size and that if it were to continue to grow, the US "could ultimately experience a financial crisis, an inflation crisis, an austerity crisis, a currency crisis, a default crisis, a gradual crisis, or some combination of crises. Any of these ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... high. "Profits, cash flow and shareholder distributions have all doubled since 2016, expanding twice as fast as global inflation. This long-term growth has driven up share prices bringing large capital gains, and generated trillions of dollars in cash ...