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Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
... variants remain to this day, the increasing pace of vaccination on Planet Earth - along with still accommodative monetary and fiscal policies - have allowed the easing of social restrictions and the re-opening of businesses. Quarantined consumers' ...

Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Amid the uncertainties of COVID-19, Australians are far more confident about their retirement than global counterparts, a new study shows. Most retired Australians said that they would have retired at the same age even if they had known about the events ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... in living standards and weaker productivity growth which existed prior to the pandemic and higher public debt. "Future fiscal strategy should be framed in the context of future budgetary pressures and monitored by an independent fiscal institution. Tax ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... helped boost returns. "With markets continuing to perform strongly and economies rebounding, supported by accommodative fiscal and monetary policy around the world, we're possibly looking at a period of increasing inflation and rising interest rates. ...

Future Fund boasts 22.2% returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... pre-existing tensions between global powers. It has led to more extreme forms of monetary policy and even more expansive fiscal policy. It has accelerated the rise of bigger government."

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... the recession it created was what prompted world governments and central banks to implement accommodative monetary and fiscal policies. The ones that sent stock markets soaring to new heights. While concerns are building that central bank - the Fed especially ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... boosted by favourable stimulus policies, low interest rates and the pandemic leaving many flush with savings. "Government fiscal stimulus measures have been revised upwards, protecting jobs and incomes via furlough schemes meaning there have been few ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... of 7496 applications for the purchase of commercial and residential properties in 2019-20 - down 6.3% from the previous fiscal year - undoubtedly impacted by the closure of Australia's international borders. This led to a corresponding 36.3% drop ...

SG increase to self-fund retirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... double as a result of the super system moving to 12%. It's a significant shift which will underpin Australia's fiscal sustainability by diminishing the reliance on the age pension," McCrea said. Last week, ASFA analysis showed businesses can ...

VFMC adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Prior to this, he was chief of staff to the Victorian treasurer and policy adviser for the Victorian government as well as fiscal and infrastructure policy director for the Victorian leader of the opposition. Considine spent time in the UK Civil Service ...