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FAAA 'frustrated' as Dixon inquiry delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - pushing back the inquiry by four months. Parliament returned this week, and the Senate approved the deferral ...

Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on China, with the latter already in effect while the others have been delayed by one month, subject to border and drug conditions - what does this ...

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... said. Economists are split on whether a rate cut will be delivered in February. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird - who often held the view rate cuts were further on the horizon than others - said he believes a cut will come ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the December quarter and 2.4% annually, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed. The most significant price rises in the quarter were recreation and culture (+1.5%), and alcohol and tobacco ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Western Australia snatched the title of the country's best performing economy in the September quarter, ranking first in five of the eight economic indicators assessed in the CommSec State of States report. The state claimed the top spot twice over ...

Government must commit to fixing CSLR: FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... repeatedly reported to ASIC over many years, and that they took so long to act." "ASIC's own submission to the Senate Economics Committee's Wealth Management Companies Inquiry admits that they initially undertook a significant surveillance exercise ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller is predicting the RBA will deliver an interest rate cut in February. If it does occur, it will be the RBA's first rate cut since November 2020, and the first change in the official cash rate since November 2023. ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Despite the raging bull market, and lower inflation and unemployment levels, JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is "cautiously pessimistic" about the US economy in 2025. Dimon said in a CBS interview that geopolitical tensions underpin his stance ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Australia's labour market has remained strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...