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

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... notably lower than the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) November expectation of 3.4%. From this, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said there is a good chance the trimmed mean figure could fall back to with the RBA's target band by ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... the system fairer particularly as many are doing it tough, The Australia Institute says. The Australia Institute chief economist Greg Jericho said the proposal to reduce the tax concession on balances over $3 million is a much-needed reform to Australia's ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... across changing investment environments. Jaensubhakij arrived at Singapore's sovereign wealth fund in 1998 as an economist and subsequently joined the equities department as a portfolio manager. He initially led the US and developed markets equities ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... anticipated off the back of a 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 ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief economist Alex Joiner added political risk will be considered equally important, particularly as the world assesses the impact of the ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... range of 2-3%. "The RBA shouldn't draw a firm conclusion from the November CPI indicator, in our view," Vanguard senior economist Grant Feng said. "That said, the RBA will likely stay on hold until the second quarter of 2025, as the last mile of the ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... the easing cycle to deliver just one or two cuts in 2025. However, this view is not shared by all. Bendigo Bank chief economist David Robertson said he is anticipating a rate cut in the first half of 2025, albeit perhaps not as soon as February when ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... which has experienced higher labour force participation and lower unemployment. Productivity Commission senior research economist James Thiris noted that the strong labour market likely weighed down productivity growth, as many new, younger, less experienced ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... allocation tilts and help structure trades. It is also currently beta testing a ChatGPT tool called "Vision" as a virtual economist to summarise data from official websites and news sources. State Super chief investment officer Charles Wu said the aim ...