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Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... that required immediate action, as it prepared to release the report Constant referred to while fronting the Senate economics committee. Among them, ASIC said all trustees under review struggled to provide data to ASIC about their end-to-end claims handling ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... Trump's recent tariff imposition into perspective. Citing research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Masters said the average tariff rate of all goods entering the US under Trump's first administration saw the average tariff ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... productivity growth, as we head towards an election that has to be held by May 17." Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird has a different forecast, expecting three more cuts this year. "Our base case is for the RBA to deliver further ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum today, La Trobe Financial head of investments and product David Tagg dissected some of the key economic themes for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to deliver its first interest rate cut since November 2020 when the board meets tomorrow. However, while most of the market is expecting a regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee has released its third interim report as part of the inquiry into Australia's retirement system. Senate Economics Committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg said the third report is focused around the "shocking governance ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... discipline. "Prospective advisers will need to meet minimum study requirements in relevant financial concepts such as finance, economics or accounting. They will also need to complete financial advice subjects covering ethics, legal and regulatory obligations ...