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FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... unemployment, or with negative quarters of economic growth," Chalmers said. "What Australians have been able to achieve is an economy where growth has continued to tick over, albeit slowly, where unemployment has stayed incredibly low, jobs are being ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... current expectation of December. "As a result - and despite still solid employment growth - there's no question the economy deserves an interest rate cut to ease the restrictiveness of current policy settings," he added. "I anticipate the RBA will ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Western Australia snatched the title of the country's best performing economy in the September quarter, ranking first in five of the eight economic indicators assessed in the CommSec State of States report. The state claimed the top spot twice over ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... for 2025, Chatfield said Donald Trump taking on his second, non-consecutive term as US President will likely impact the economy and markets. "While many of President Trump's policy priorities are well known, such as tariffs, tax cuts, deregulation ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... harms that may emerge with growth in private markets," ASIC said. "Both public and private markets are important to our economy and play a role in generating wealth. Through superannuation investments, many Australians have indirect exposure to private ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... trust with our customers," Salter Brothers ESG manager Mei McNamara explained. "We are also transitioning to a low-carbon economy across all our hotels. Our retreats are already equipped with EV chargers... the loan will support the expansion of our ...

Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... there was no deviation from these positions - despite compelling evidence of its potential deleterious impact on the wider economy," Burgess said. "The absence of significant adjustments or receptivity to alternative views indicates that the consultation ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... government is streamlining Australia's financial reporting bodies to help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy," Chalmers said. "It complements our other efforts to better target regulation across the economy, including through ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... Reforms in funds management, financial advice, and superannuation will usher in an extra $1.7 billion per year to the economy and can make Australia a serious financial services hub, the Financial Services Council (FSC) says. New modelling shows that ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... is a billionaire president, backed and bought by the world's richest man Elon Musk, running the world's largest economy. We present this report as a stark wake up-call that the futures of the vast majority of the global population are being crushed ...