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Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia's complex superannuation system disproportionately benefits higher-income earners and "undermines the progressivity of the income tax system." The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... command is in stopping the rot that, over time, is eating away at growth in its economy. They better act soon for just as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told French journal 'Les Echos', "World GDP [growth] at 3.3% this year is not realistic ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... suffer bigger effects on their economies." (Australian Financial Review) The AFR adds, "An indicative interpretation of the IMF's modelling based on Treasury budget numbers also suggests it expects Australia's annual growth rate will be 2.5 per cent ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... "We will refrain from competitive devaluations, and resist all forms of protectionism." But the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had to name names, defending the yuan's recent depreciation (mandated as it was) as a natural consequence of concerns over ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... instance, made the headlines in October 2012 when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil and even ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... raise the federal funds rate target." Choowareewareewa! Yes, this year! The year 2015! She's not taking that other lady's - IMF's Madame Lagarde - advice to hold off until after the New Year because, look, Christine's organisation has just downgraded ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... are big execution risks on all sides, including execution risk around the profile of the debt which in the judgment of the IMF and I believe other authorities, and we would share those judgments, is not sustainable in its current form." But can't blame ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... That just takes the calendar to 12 July. The real, the absolute 'this is it moment' is 20 July when Greece's arrears with the IMF meets the repayment of the debt it owes to the ECB.