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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 ...

JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... It also impacted JBWere chief investment officer Sally Auld, but she has since been appointed successor to NAB chief economist Alan Oster who is set to retire.

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... leading to a decline in productivity - a key catalyst in the deterioration of living standards, according to AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. Oliver said productivity growth has been constrained by a cocktail of factors, including very strong population ...

Commonwealth Bank names chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed Luke Yeaman as its new chief economist and head of global economic and markets research. Yeaman is currently a deputy secretary in the Department of Treasury and head of their macroeconomic group, a position he's ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has shared his "worry list" for 2025, outlining the risk of recession, trade wars and geopolitical turmoil. Oliver said just as with 2024, the list of concerns for investors heading into 2025 is long, and "even more ...