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Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... 12 months to February 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation was slightly lower in February, after holding steady at 2.5% for the previous two months," ABS head of price statistics Michelle ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... infrastructure and healthcare. In his speech to parliament Chalmers said the Australian economy was "turning a corner". "Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment is low, interest rates are coming down, debt is down, and growth is picking up ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Budget tonight - highlighting the threat of a global trade war. "The 2020s have already seen a global pandemic, global inflation and the threat of a global trade war. The whole world has changed as a consequence," Chalmers said. "Trade disruptions are ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... cost-of-living support. The budget is expected to deliver spending measures but to seek to not put upward pressure on inflation," Bloxham said. "Policymakers should focus on repairing the structural deficit, but in a pre-election budget this is not easy. ...

Resolution Capital to list second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... critical to economies and our daily lives, they typically have very high barriers to entry and generate consistent, often inflation-protected cashflows... and it provides exposure to significant structural trends such as digitisation and AI, energy security ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... (ABDO) yesterday, Keenan said the cut should have occurred much earlier. "The RBA [predictions have] been too high on inflation, too optimistic on growth, and their Aussie dollar forecast were off," Keenan said "They should have been cutting rates last ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... US, as the European Union has also placed tariffs on electric vehicles. Simpson also sees the distinct difference in inflation between goods and services, which are inflating at a disproportionate rate. He added that services provided in Australia may ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... increase in the September quarter to a 3% increase in the December quarter. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said inflation remains an obstacle for retirees to fund a comfortable retirement. "While recent strong investment returns are helping retirees ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... At the same time, Napier City Council said it is tasked with preserving and growing the value of the portfolio above inflation for current and future generations. The council seeks investment managers that have local representation in New Zealand and ...

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... 6.9% rise in the ASX/S&P 200 Accumulation Index. Annually, this was an 11.1% increase. "This second half of 2024 saw inflation largely under control and falling globally, plus signs of growth appeared in the largest economies. Strong equity performance ...