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World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Minister Scott Morrison updated Australians about the measures being taken at home to stop the spread of COVID-19, other nations around the world have announced their stimulus packages to cushion the economic burden. The largest, unsurprisingly, was ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... benchmark decline. This could be because Asian markets have managed to contain the virus more efficiently than other developed nations, such as Italy and the US, Morningstar argued. "At this point Asia appears to be getting 'ahead of the pandemic ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late, should get our Fed Rate down to the levels of our competitor nations," he tweeted. "They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate! "The Federal ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... themselves! Another is courtesy of my drinking buddy, that "COVID-19 also causes insanity". But I digress. While most nations around the world are reeling from the virtual freezing of economic activity in their respective economies and sharp declines ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... guarantee, people would initially have more disposable income to spend, but noted that according to behaviour in other nations, most of the additional cash would end up being spent, instead of saved. "Some might have higher savings by buying more expensive ...

Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... fee bill - which it pointed out is around 2% of national gross domestic product - is higher than that paid by many other nations. The institute said the Productivity Commission's "best in show" system would ensure workers were defaulted into funds which ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Eurozone to go into technical recessions in the first half of 2020. Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 nations - recently meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - also acknowledged the serious risk to global growth posed by COVID-19 and pledged ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... making a difference in people's lives, and championing Australia and New Zealand to be the healthiest and most protected nations in the world, through our strong Life, Health and Wellbeing proposition and market-leading programs such as AIA Vitality ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... better or worse than expectations depending on how long before the virus is contained - risking a flow on effect on other nations because of China's increased heft and greater integration into the world economy. But more to the point, and that point ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... investing in companies in the lower middle market that contribute measurable progress toward one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," KKR said. Financial Standard understands Australia is included in the fund's geographic focus ...