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COVID-19 dampens CFO outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... said: "A COVID-induced global economic downturn, the largest since the Great Depression, has hit hard, net optimism has fallen drastically, and uncertainty is at an all-time high." Supply chain disruption has forced CFOs to think laterally about improving ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... respectively), who are the least likely to have concerns about returning to the workplace. Overall workforce confidence has fallen over the past fortnight, driven by Victoria being placed back into lockdown. Overall workforce confidence dropped by four ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... 4.8 million workers added to the economy in the previous month. In addition, while the unemployment rate has sequentially fallen from the 14.7% peak in April, at 10.2% the rate of joblessness remains worryingly high - it's still higher than the 10.0% ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... quartile values down 2.9% across the combined capital city index since the end of March, while lower quartile values have fallen by only 0.5%," Lawless said.

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... value to plummet, along with any hope for victims of recovering their initial investment." Those who believe they have fallen victim to a scam should contact their bank as soon as possible, ASIC said, and also report the matter to police.

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... components, the CPI would have risen 0.1 per cent in the June quarter." Similarly, while the annual headline CPI measure has fallen into deflation, core inflation measures remain positive - trimmed mean inflation slowed to 1.2% in the year to the June ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... government debt as a share of the economy." Despite the government's economic support measures real GDP is forecast to have fallen sharply in the June quarter by 7%. However, they said, the easing of health restrictions in line with the health advice ...

Chant West, Zenith agree on acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... distribution, finance and IT teams," he said. He said while the 2020 has been tough, the revenues for neither business have "fallen off the cliff". "Whilst there has been a recent delay to completion, we have retained our high confidence in the Chant ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... was US$176.8 billion at the close on June 12, up 56% year over year. S&P said the US has the largest number of potential "fallen angel" companies with 58 in rated debt. There have been 30 bond issuers worldwide to receive fallen angel status and a record ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... said some businesses will still not survive despite the support. "Without these measures, businesses would have simply fallen over, fallen victim, never to open again," he said. "This still may ultimately be the experience for some. But for many more ...