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Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... tax-focused recommendations, Australia would still be below the OECD average in terms of tax collections as a share of the economy. In terms of spending reductions, it's recommended cutting spending on major defence and transport projects; undoing Western ...

Digitisation an immediate area of growth: Fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... despite a looming recession. "Of course, all of those companies to some degree are cyclical, in the sense that when the economy slows, the demand for them also slows," he added. However, that's somewhat offset by the structural underlying demand. "We ...

RBA steadies cash rate, flags more hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... in. "The decision to hold interest rates steady this month provides the board with more time to assess the state of the economy and the outlook, in an environment of considerable uncertainty," he said. More importantly, Lowe warned that "some further ...

Economists divided: RBA's moment of truth looms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... expects the RBA to take a cautious approach and hold off on further monetary tightening as it assesses the outlook for the economy. "The RBA has expressed a willingness to target a soft-landing and maintain the high level of employment in the economy ...

We sit at a watershed moment: Paton

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... net-inflationary and will be met with the bad news of further increases to interest rates. "Increasing interest rates to slow the economy and cool inflation is basic Economics 101." However, he said, a disconnect has now emerged, as interest rates have ...

RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... rate at 3.60% for a number of quarters after that," he affirmed. "Our view is primarily about our expectation that the economy passed a turning point in activity, the jobs market and inflation around the turn of the year." Bloxham said HSBC believes ...

The sophistication of cyber threats is increasing: O'Neil

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... country faces. "We've seen some really big data breaches over the last year that have been experienced right across the economy, and they really underline this importance of making sure that we modernise Australia's approach to cybersecurity ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... exist. Heron hopes the campaign will secure funding to produce a thorough expert report on the matter and the cost to the economy. Data collection is already underway in the form of surveys distributed to union members. "We know with any numbers that ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... closing the gender pay gap for women in retirement. "One of the things we know is that the most productive workers in the economy are women who work part-time after having children," Dawson explains. "This is because when women go back to work after ...

Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... a pause at the following meeting, recognising that pausing would allow additional time to reassess the outlook for the economy. At what point it will be appropriate to pause will be determined by the data and the Board's assessment of the outlook," the ...