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Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... couldn't even find the door I couldn't even see the floor I'd be sad and blue If not for you" - Olivia Newton-John Yes Olivia, it's the Budget. There might be precious few worrying about the implications of the Morrison government's ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... sacrifices. This is the time to get the nation to pull together and make collective decisions." Former Liberal Party leader John Hewson, who was also on the panel of speakers, said the Morrison government has proven that the politicians are not showing ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... one of the largest S&P 500 companies to remain excluded from the ESG index. Berkshire Hathaway, Netflix, PayPal, Phillip Morris and Lockheed Martin are all S&P 500 companies that remain excluded from the ESG index. Phillip Morris and Lockheed Martin ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Long lines outside Centrelink branches have become defining images of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Australian economy. But what impact will it have on the stigma associated with welfare? When Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 2020 ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... investors, who are increasingly aware of the importance of ESG factors, will demand answers. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said its time for leaders to consider the long term implications of poor - and good - governance, not only for ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Think your 30-50% year-to-date loss in your equity portfolio is bad? Just wait until all buyers disappear, consumed by a tiny speck of micro-organism. Remember Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Monetary and Keynesian stimulus ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
As Prime 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 ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... "Market fundamentals have changed again, and they've changed for the worse." Similarly, Origin Asset Management partner John Birkhold said the spreading COVID-19 virus had triggered a mass sell-off. "We are seeing wealth destruction on an epic scale ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... COVID-19 and pledged "stand ready to take further action to address those risks". It's all gloom and doom and to quote John Maynard Keynes, "in the long run we're all dead". That, of course, is if COVID-19 endures and permanently wreaks death ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... earning. This, ladies and gents, is the moral of the above passage from 'The Fable of the Bees' -- the passage that JMK (John Maynard Keynes), himself, cited when he gave us the 'Paradox of Thrift'. This was what the Reserve Bank of Australia ...