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RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... can't let inflation get away." Despite the RBA's sentiment, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) head of Australian economics Gareth Aird held his prediction for a November cut. "The overall message out of the RBA was a little more hawkish than we anticipated. ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spoken out on the likelihood of Australia falling victim to the impacts of a potential US recession. This comes after global markets sustained a major sell-off, with the ASX losing $102 billion on Monday, after US data revealed ...

Brookfield expands $1bn student accommodation portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Brookfield has acquired a 50% stake in Journal Student Living, an extension of a joint venture formed with integrated property business Citiplan in late 2021. The collaboration saw the two parties acquire a PBSA development site on Grattan Street opposite ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... suggesting it is amenable to measures that stimulate more downward pressure on inflation if needed." Deloitte Access Economics partner Stephen Smith said today's figures should "put to rest" the idea that another rate hike was on the horizon. Smith said ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A solid job market and construction activity has seen South Australia top the economic performance leaderboard in the latest CommSec State of the States report for the third quarter in a row. The State of the States report assesses the performance of ...

How advisers can reap additional $2.1bn in revenue

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... years and add nearly 500,000 clients to their books if they are proactive in managing seven key factors, Deloitte Access Economics says. Despite the enormous regulatory and qualification upheavals advisers experienced since the Hayne Royal Commission ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... number of new insider trading investigations commenced over the previous financial year. This comes after the Senate Economics Committee delivered a scathing final report on ASIC and making 11 recommendations. Chief among them was a recommendation to ...

Australia unlikely to tame inflation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Australia's ability to control inflation looks more challenging and intractable as there is a good chance the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) could increase interest rates in August, an economic expert says. According to GSFM investment strategist ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Investors are preparing for some market turbulence in the US after President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for President against Donald Trump. American Century chief investment officer Rich Weiss said Biden's decision to withdraw as the Democratic ...

Household income buoyed by property investments: CBA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Average household income has been lifted through a poised rise in the rent and investment segments, as Aussies remain uptight on the front of cost-of-living, Commonwealth Bank data shows. Overall income growth is sitting at around 5%, with rent and ...