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Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... expectations and kept measured inflation within target. She was the chair of the US Federal Reserve when now Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained the significance of inflation expectations. "In standard economic models, inflation expectations are ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... Likewise, the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1% in April from 6.0% in the previous month. Fortunately for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, she was quick to walk back her talk at the "Future Economic Summit" suggesting that interest rates may need ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... most others around the world. Certainly, the three C's are cause for concern but, in the words of former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, these are "known knowns". Then again, the good tidings in store for "tomorrow" are known too. To paraphrase ...

SuperFriend appoints chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... group general manager, human resources, corporate affairs and management services. Prior to joining ANZ, Proust was secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria and chief executive of the City of Melbourne. More recently, she was chair ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... July 2 to file and serve any evidence she wishes to rely on in relation to the application for interlocutory relief. Secretary to the Australian Treasury, Steven Kennedy, and Australian Office of Financial Management chief executive, Rob Nicholl, have ...

AustralianSuper adds to investment committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... Group. In January 2020, Innes Willox was appointed as the deputy chair of AustralianSuper's board, taking over from ACTU secretary Dave Oliver. Willox has been on AustralianSuper's board since December 2014. He is an employer director appointed by Ai ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... sector. More people held on to their jobs, more businesses kept their doors open, and more incomes were saved." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's testimony was equally optimistic: "We are meeting at a hopeful moment for the economy"; "we're seeing ...

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... in the proposed legislation. Following conversations with Treasury, the Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Scott Connelly said department officials have confirmed that dividend payments are not included in the best financial interests ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... set to take on the new role at MetLife leaving his previous position at the FSU where he was the assistant national secretary for close to four years. Rees brings over 25 years of experience in politics, including as former Labor leader and Premier of ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... who were unable to work from home, 88% of women worked in customer-facing roles compared to 64% of men. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said a greater proportion of casual workers in the finance industry are women - 67% compared to 56% in all ...