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Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... of recovering from the impacts of COVID-19 and delivering a transition to a net zero, resource-efficient and inclusive economy". The 37 recommendations are structured around four pillars - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... that JobKeeper has a 'number of features that create adverse incentives which may become more pronounced over time as the economy recovers'." Despite this, the central bank concluded that without the scheme employment losses would have been twice as ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... workers while part-time hires jumped by 81,800. This wonderful set of numbers could start a virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... executive Martin Fahy said. "Dramatic changes in our lifestyles had a big impact on demand and prices right across the economy but for at least some categories of expenditure there is a return to something closer to normal." ASFA said despite the gradual ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... question that China is a key element in the appeal of investors looking to the Pan-Asia region - it's the second largest economy in the world, the most populous country, with ongoing economic reform, supported by the buying power of over a billion Chinese ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... Japan) were exactly flat year-on-year, reflecting the milder impact of the pandemic both on the population and on the economy, stronger balance sheets, lower payout ratios and because many of this quarter's payouts relate to 2019 earnings and were ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... concede, crying that he's been cheated. Trump's refusal to concede just adds to overall uncertainty in the US economy in the very near term at least, until Joe Biden assumes office on 20 January 2021.

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... July 2021. On 1 July 2025, it is slated to reach 12%. The coronavirus has sent shock waves that have impacted wages, the economy, and labour markets, he said, adding that the government needs to make a decision on whether on not to increase based on ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... worked in all jobs increased by 1.2% in October. This wonderful set of numbers could start a virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... monetary and fiscal policy in the same supportive direction is perhaps the biggest single difference in the fabric of the economy between this new cycle and the last one," it said. "Capital markets are already feeling the ripples of the more interventionist ...