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American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... stagflation or recession, according to American Century. The firm's latest outlook presents a hard landing for the US economy has become "increasingly likely", although a soft landing remains possible. The potentially large and far-reaching impacts ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... was very close to achieving its soft landing, but what I expect to see over the next three months are signs that the US economy is slowing." Hennessy added that markets are now pricing in a 20% to 30% recession probability - which is down from about ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... the Fed of the flexibility to cut rates quickly, however Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell still asserted that the US economy is holding up relatively well despite the uncertainty. Focusing on what this means for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... tariff announcement, there did become a general consensus that the magnitude of the tariffs would be enough to send the US economy into recession," Colosimo said. "Since then, we've seen a lot of those tariffs walked back. Aside from China, the retaliatory ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... by economic uncertainty, prices increases, tightening liquidity, or a combination of all three. Equable said if the US economy goes into a recession later in 2025, and if that leads to a decline in state and local government revenues, this will likely ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... consumer is, as you could imagine, understandably, nervous about everything. So, we can already see some signs of the US economy softening. "So, on balance, the market move has been somewhat justified, and it's difficult to see where the catalyst will ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... inventive funds incorporating firms that concentrate on rapid growth, technological innovation, and strengthening the US economy, unencumbered by woke nonsense and political posturing. Investors will finally have options that adhere to their principles ...

Sydney to host global superannuation summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... treasurer Jim Chalmers. The Summit showcased Australia's largest super funds, which invest $631.6 billion into the US economy, to highlight their potential. By 2035, super funds' investments in the US are projected to reach US$1 trillion. The delegation ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... investors. On top of this, the Treasurer then addressed how much more money Australia is capable of injecting into the US economy. "And we have trillions of patient, friendly pension capital ready to invest in the new opportunities that lie before us," ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... the total index weight. Leung added many of the companies in the Russell 2000 index are the "bread and butter" of the US economy. He also said that the index usually performs during rate cut cycles. "Whenever there's interest rate cuts, the biggest ...