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Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... cuts and more investment into infrastructure and healthcare. In his speech to parliament Chalmers said the Australian economy was "turning a corner". "Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment is low, interest rates are coming down, debt is ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the global economy is "volatile and unpredictable" when unveiling the Federal Budget tonight - highlighting the threat of a global trade war. "The 2020s have already seen a global pandemic, global inflation and the threat ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... providing clarity and certainty to the sector. They said this initiative would help to build a more dynamic and competitive economy, noting that digital assets and blockchain present "big opportunities" for Australia's financial sector, payments systems ...

Powerhouse Ventures to launch flagship fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... Powerhouse said. Powerhouse said it has a strong conviction that these themes will play out in sectors such as the space economy, quantum computing, next generation AI and materials science for onshored manufacturing. Powerhouse said it would seek to ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... than their same sector peers, and therefore better placed to benefit from the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The strategy aims to deliver an immediate reduction in carbon, water, and waste ownership of more than 60% while remaining ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
School-leaver job uncertainty and the widening skills gap is costing the Australian economy billions of dollars every year, according to a new report by Year13 and HEDx. The report, which highlights the challenges faced by students in post-school transition ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... imposed by the US, Simpson believes there may be an impact on wages in developed countries. While the impact on a weaker economy may not be as obvious due to their lack of affordability, under a stronger economy, the imposed tariffs could have a flow-on ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... community," the company said in an ASX announcement. Mead said Mutuals have an important role to play in the Australian economy and society, and that supporting Australian Unity's evolution into a contemporary organisation capable of meeting the wellbeing ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... household savings over those five years, US$9.8 trillion, is the equivalent of more than double the size of Japan's economy, and almost the size of the market cap (91%) of the domestic stock market, which is the second largest stock market in the ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... sequenced in a more growth-negative way to start the year before lower deficits/rates and less crowding out of the private economy benefit the market later in the year- no pain, no gain," the bank said. In its bear-case scenario, Morgan Stanley said ...