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SME insolvencies set to increase

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... monthly average we would expect, telling us that many firms are being artificially propped up," he said. The government stimulus measures for SMEs have prevented many companies from going into administration. Just last month the government announced ...

CBA profit takes hit, dividend cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... relatively well positioned," Comyn said. "We are starting from a position of fiscal and economic strength. Significant stimulus measures have supported the economy, there is a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects, and the outlook for mining and ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... the SFCT partner agencies are committed to tackling any illegal behaviour and protecting the government's COVID-19 stimulus measures from fraud.

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... in new cases (47,849), and most total deaths (165,617). The continued impasse on the passing of the fifth coronavirus stimulus bill in Congress puts another question mark to the recovery in the US economy... threatening Trump's re-election campaign. ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central bank and government stimulus measures have prevented an already deep recession from digging deeper which, at the same time, prevented businesses ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... an indication of reduced domestic demand), the June quarter GDP figure would have been worse. But increased government stimulus (as well as the Fed's) was not spent, but saved. "Real disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income adjusted for taxes ...

Financial comfort reliant on fiscal support: ME Bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... Australian household financial comfort increased to near record highs throughout the pandemic as a result of government fiscal stimulus measures, according to ME Bank's latest Household Financial Comfort Report. Household financial comfort increased ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... outperformance of the index." With markets rebounding following a series of health and safety measures, interest rate cuts and stimulus packages, the S&P/ASX 200 rebounded from its March 23 lows. In the past, momentum, quality, and small-cap indices ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... prospect of a fall in capital value should interest rates head even lower. The massive amount of monetary and fiscal stimulus implemented around the globe could lead to rising inflation - gold's best friend. All signs appear to point to further gains ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Let's see "Karen" try that in China. But I digress. China's cruel policy (along with fiscal and monetary policy stimulus measures) has already produced kind results. It has saved the economy from a technical recession - GDP growth rebounded by ...