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Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... Economic Outlook, June 2020' report, which has Australia's economy being the least worst among the club of rich nations, forecasting Australia's 2020 GDP "to fall by 6.3% in the double-hit scenario and 5% in the single-hit scenario" - compared ...

First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
The First Nations Foundation, an Indigenous-led not-for-profit that promotes financial literacy, has received funding to deliver COVID-19 support to women. The foundation was one of only four recipients of this funding from the Department of Prime Minister ...

Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... that we are taking steps, every single day." Morrison said that while Australia is doing better than many other developed nations, the governments focus remains on rebuilding jobs. "We cannot set our expectations on what is happening elsewhere in the ...

Boutique expands investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... Maple-Brown Abbott's overall ESG strategy, including guiding the firm on its obligations as a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment initiative.

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... responses - lockdowns, social isolation, quarantine, aggressive fiscal and monetary policies -- also became the roadmap other nations on the planet followed. China quarantined and locked down activity of about 60 million inhabitants of Wuhan in Hubei ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... 'OECD Economic Outlook, June 2020' report has Australia's economy being the least worst among the club of rich nations. The OECD forecast 2020 GDP "to fall by 6.3% in the double-hit scenario and 5% in the single-hit scenario" - compared with ...

Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... economic activity collapsed in the second quarter of 2020 due to lockdown, the confinement was less strict than other nations thanks to the relatively mild virus outbreak. "Massive macroeconomic policy support, including a temporary wage subsidy, is ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
When the going gets tough... the European Central Bank (ECB) gets more policy provision going. At its June 4 Governing Council meeting, the central bank raised the size of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) by €600 billion to a total of ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... if digital rights are not protected by good regulatory frameworks COVID-19 could not only see human rights eroded but nations could see worse health outcomes. This is because, she explained, as nations release tracking apps, such as Australia's COVIDSafe ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... the government not having constitutional powers to impose draconian compulsory lockdown measures enacted in many other nations across the globe. All Abe was constitutionally allowed to do when he first declared the state of emergency on April 7 in seven ...