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US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... shares and therefore the United States will get it," said Okonjo-Iweala at a briefing on the country's 2012 budget. Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed the news and said the appointment of Kim is an excellent addition for the development agency. "While the ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... consumers spend... Sadly, we're seeing quite the opposite happening in Australia. This makes me wonder if Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan sometimes wishes he were Wen Jiabao so that banks would do as he says - or heads will roll.

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... last year - half the Treasury's assumption of 3.25% (trend) growth. Continued below-trend growth would make it harder for Wayne to deliver his promise. For slower growth means lesser government revenues, which means greater cuts in fiscal spending and/or ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Review Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period starting April 16. Wilson has been a member of the Foreign Investment ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... another rate cut Mr RBA. And oh before I forget, there's one other argument for an immediate rate reduction and its name is Wayne Swan. He's gonna cut fiscal spending to make good on his promised budget surplus - a tax on the economy. The RBA must do ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... and increased taxes the government has implemented, as agreed, when it got its a,-78 billion salvation? You betcha! Hello, Wayne Swan. Hope you're listening. This is happening now in Spain where a general strike in protest of the government's austerity ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget Papers. Back then, the Budget Papers show the government expects ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... their "super profits" - starting on 1 July will unfold as planned. That is, in the words of Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, it would "help spread the benefits of the mining boom to every corner of our economy." Perhaps the slow grind of our ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... joint statement with the Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said that under the proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) a 30 year old on average full-time earnings is estimated ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012