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Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... policy is being tightened at a responsible and measured pace. The sizeable fall in the nominal exchange rate since the budget will also help in this regard, though much more will be needed over time," he continued. Swan added that even as the transition ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... the KRudd's plan to scrap the carbon tax and move into ETS sooner and plugging the revenue hole this will create in the budget by raising taxes elsewhere or limiting spending somewhere else. We can debate the pros and cons of this plan but only the ALP ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... because "nothing has actually changed." "The big problem out there is governments have spent too much in terms of their budget deficits; they've certainly spent too much by the central banks buying bonds and other financial assets via printing of money." ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... basis. And then there's Kevin. Having gotten a fresh mandate and freed from the shackles of his frenemy Wayne's promised budget surplus that turned into a promised small surplus that turned into a tidbit deficit, there's nothing stopping him from a little ...

Super tax concession policy 'fatally flawed': SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery has said current methodology used to measure superannuation tax concessions is "fatally flawed", as it does not take the entire retirement system into account. She ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes to its monthly board meeting while the NSW government brings down its budget. Bunnings managing director John Gillam, Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page, Coles MD Ian McLeod, Woolworths supermarkets ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... competitive advantage that shale gas will bring," Beazley said. "They will almost certainly export the gas and suddenly budget surpluses will be the order of the day." Having reached a fresh record high in May, the S&P 500 has experienced a sell-off ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... an 'ominous third phase' of 2008 Meltdown 7. 'Tick, tick... boom!' InvestmentNews sees bond crash dead ahead 8. Reagan's budget director sees an 'apocalypse... get out now' 9. Nouriel Roubini: 'Prepare for the perfect storm' in an unstable world 10. ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
Bringing the commonwealth budget into structural surplus will require the next government to be very different to the Rudd-Gillard and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... industry has now turned to customers and users. Commonwealth Bank, which owns CFS, went from spending 50% of its technology budget on infrastructure on 2006 to spending only 26% in 2012. The remaining 76% is now going to customer service and adding value ...