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Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... buffers to support their operations or service debts. Going forward, a decline in demand associated with a slowdown in the economy will remain a key risk for business profitability and debt servicing. Businesses that are exposed to discretionary consumer ...

Global economy 'remarkably resilient', faces growth challenges: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... macroeconomic fundamentals, in the extent of dependency on fuel and food imports, in the share of goods versus services in the economy, the role of trade, reform momentum, and the pace of the fight against inflation-all those affect both countries' policy ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... skills passport. The Working Future report's contents aim to ensure more Australians leverage "big shifts" underway in the economy over the coming decades. The government said the paper preempts future challenges that will impact Australia's workforce ...

Don't believe inflation hype, says Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... down that path. We're not even close to a rerun of the 70s." In the 1970s, US inflation came close to 15%, however the economy was also growing at 7.6%, its workforce was largely unionised, and two major oil shocks caused havoc. "The difference is that ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... average of $396 million in assets, while their male counterparts handle larger portfolios averaging $595 million. "When the economy is slowing, asset managers tend to merge and cut funds, focusing on core strategies, which means those run by female portfolio ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... sustain unemployment rates below what we have had over the past 40 years. If so, this would be very good news for both the economy and our society." Notwithstanding these outcomes, Lowe said the issue that defined his term more than any other was the ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... global commodities Paul Bloxham and Jamie Culling agreed that the RBA judged its tightening has been sufficient to get the economy to head in the right direction. "The past month brought further evidence that consumer spending is slowing, the jobs market ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... financial advice-related claims dating back several years, the equities markets downturn, and prevailing uncertainty about the economy, chief executive and managing director Garry Crole said. Ezzat-Daniel Nesseim, a former Libertas financial adviser ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... Janus Henderson fixed income strategist Emma Lawson said the result allows the RBA to "continue to sit back and assess the economy further in the near term." However, Lawson noted inflation risks haven't entirely abated, with dwelling costs remaining ...

RBA considers impact of climate on monetary policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... inflation and its determinants. "Many of the physical and transition impacts of climate change affect the supply side of the economy," Bullock said. "While monetary policy works primarily by influencing the level of demand and expectations of inflation ...