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Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum today, La Trobe Financial head of investments and product David Tagg dissected some of the key economic themes for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... when the board meets tomorrow. However, while most of the market is expecting a regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese is calling for a 0.35% cut to bring the official interest rate down to 4%. "To my mind, the case for a rate ...

Trump tariffs to hit Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports, which will apply to all countries, including Australia. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told Financial Standard that while Australia exports about $808 million worth of steel and aluminium to ...

Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... delayed by one month, subject to border and drug conditions - what does this mean for Australian investors? AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told Financial Standard that the direct impact of Trump's tariffs should be limited, as exports to the US ...

Anthony Doyle joins Schroders as director

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... in Dublin, Ireland, in fixed income at Pioneer Investments after originally emigrating from Australia where he was an economist for Macquarie Group.

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... underlying inflation is now not far from the mid-point of the target band on a six-month annualised basis." HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham agrees the most recent CPI measure increases the case for a February cut, but said more information is still ...

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 ...