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More to do in the fight against inflation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... primary focus of the Albanese government is to ease the cost of living for Australians at the same time as we fight inflation in our economy," Chalmers said. "Treasury estimates the government's energy bill relief and additional increase to Commonwealth ...

Australian ETF market hits $206bn: Global X

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... investor portfolios, he said. Fixed income is also anticipated to have strong momentum throughout 2024, he said. If inflation and interest rate persist, it will make fixed income securities with yields higher than traditional government bonds or term ...

All MySuper products pass super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... Investment Management. The AMP options that failed a second time include a number from the Experts' Choice suite, ipac Inflation and Pathways series, MyNorth's Dynamic Balanced Fund, and several from the Generations options. First-time failures ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... were housing (+4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.8%), alcohol and tobacco (+7.2%), and transport (+3.4%). "CPI inflation is often impacted by items with volatile price changes like in automotive fuel, fruit and vegetables, and holiday travel. ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... interest rate cut by the end of the year," he said. "The risk to our call is that even if our near-term forecasts for inflation and unemployment come to fruition, the board does not feel comfortable commencing an easing cycle until it has seen more economic ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... new ETF was in response to Australian advisers and investor demand. "Bond yields globally are at decade-highs, and if inflation indicators continue to fall, central banks may proceed to cut official cash rates. We believe investors have a window of opportunity ...

Praemium revenue grows to $85m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... to $61.3 million, up 20% on FY23, due to increased IT and risk mitigation costs. "The latter were reflective of wage inflation, capability improvement with more senior employees added and increased number of employees more broadly," it said. Directors ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has declared that inflation is on a sustainable path back to the 2% target and the "time has come" to start cutting interest rates. Powell spoke to global central bankers, policymakers, economists, and academics ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... remains on a soft-landing path, which is an outcome of central banks raising interest rates just enough to bring down inflation to their target levels, without causing a major recession or meaningful increase in unemployment levels." However, despite ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% after holding a decades-high rate of 5.50% since May 2023. The central bank pointed to inflation converging to its target range as the core reason of the cut. RBNZ aims to contain inflation between a target range of 1% ...