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Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... issue or provide misleading payslips, deny superannuation payments and pay in cash all aid in practices that are indicators of "modern slavery." Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2026 RIAA Conference.

RBA says it can 'afford to be patient' on rate decisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... should the labour market weaken materially, it would be inclined to cut interest rates. "Members observed that many indicators of the labour market had softened over the prior year. They noted the risk that employment growth in the market sector remains ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... six months. KPMG Australia's latest data showed a drop of 41% in companies considered zombie, where they exhibit indicators of financial distress for an extended period but are not yet insolvent and continue to trade. The number of zombies on the ASX ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... disinflationary process is well on track. The inflation outlook is also affected by recent downside surprises in indicators of economic activity. Meanwhile, financing conditions remain restrictive," the council said. "Inflation is expected to rise in ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... updated the description of the Courts' interpretation of "carrying on a business in Australia", such as the general indicators of carrying on a business, other relevant factors and when a one-off transaction may amount to the carrying on of a business. ...

What Yarra Capital is buying in the dip

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... outcomes are not currently evident." Toohey said while the bulk of the sell-off is potentially over, until some lead indicators of the US labour market stabilise, it's likely that risk assets will have trouble sustaining gains. "The good news is that ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... those who change jobs. "Surveys of workers and employers show a return to pre-pandemic levels of tightness, and indicators of wage growth show a gradual decline toward levels that would be consistent with 2% inflation over time," he said. Turning attention ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... won't have alarm bells going off at present but will still have concerns. "When you put that together with other indicators of strengthening wages growth, and the CPI coming in higher than expected on Wednesday, we have decided to pencil in one more ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... without essentials, to service BNPL debt. He added last year ASIC found that 19% of BNPL consumers showed two or more indicators of financial stress, such as cutting back on essential items or missing payments on other bills. "We have heard that some ...

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... a tangible amount to a nine-month high," Bloxham said. "Combine these indications with other leading and timely indicators of the jobs market, such as job advertisement and job vacancies, which have also fallen recently, and it seems that the labour ...
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