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Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... face difficulties as interest rates rise, with implications for their ability to service that debt, consumption and the economy more broadly." However, she believed there are several factors that suggest considerable resilience in the household sector ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... drivers of inflation. The ACTU said: "New research shows that big businesses are actively making choices which harm the economy and are putting millions of households under financial stress in order to increase their margins and secure record chief executive ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... by 50 basis points at its August meeting, with several increases potentially following after that depending on how the economy reacts to the mega rate rises of June and July." He said that with interest rates rising globally, equity markets would continue ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... exporter, Australia stands to benefit from higher commodity prices, which will help offset weakness in other parts of the economy." Akin to Tieu, Gray said clients continue to invest to finance long-term goals and follow a balanced strategy.

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Super." While Jacob observed that he'd seen an increasing amount of companies explicitly providing solutions to help the economy transition to net zero emissions, the Responsible Investment Association of Australia reported that in 2020 only a quarter ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... place to help insure the Australian economy against the worst possible effects of the pandemic." "The resilience of the economy and the higher inflation means that this extraordinary support is no longer needed." Consequently, Lowe warned Australians ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... in things," Dunnin said. "You can't exclude and divest everything. Anyway, doing so just hands over control of the economy to other people who may not care about the future. "While this may seem a stupid thing to say, more funds are switching the ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... "Is there a risk we would go too far, certainly, but I wouldn't agree that it's [a recession] the greatest risk to the economy. The bigger mistake to make would be to fail to restore price stability. "There's a clock running here, we've had high inflation ...

University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... support to academics to translate their research into commercial outcomes which will create jobs and contribute to the economy, while actively improving people's lives, Maskell added. Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas said: "Victorian researchers and innovators ...

A playbook for private markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... that can actually invest in this decline substantially. "Private capital also focuses on the SME market segment of the economy, while listed companies tend to be far larger, so you're actually accessing different parts of the economy," Kerley said. ...