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Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... businesses devastated by the bushfires that burned Australia in late December 2019/early January 2020 and as penance for the Prime Minister's hanging loose in Hawaii while Australia burned - provided additional impetus for Australian equity market ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... first movers in the fight against containing the spread of infection from the coronavirus pandemic. On March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered one of the strictest lockdowns of any country in the world, warning that: "If we don't manage ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lifting of the state of emergency in the country on May 25 has been rewarded with encouraging indications of recovery in the economy. This is highlighted by the improvement in the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI surveys. ...

First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... deliver COVID-19 support to women. The foundation was one of only four recipients of this funding from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. It has designed an online educational series in collaboration with Indigenous financial experts and female ...

ISA responds to calls for SG freeze

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... they support the staged increases in people's super that are locked in law," ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said. "The Prime Minister and Treasurer wouldn't want to risk a generation of Australian workers being dumped on the pension to be their ...

ATO cracks down on ERS misuse

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... said. "Tapping into super early comes with a hefty price tag and should only be done as a last resort. We will work with the Prime Minister and the Treasurer on how we can regrow balances after this scheme, because we all pay, through higher taxes, for ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Victoria was primed and pumped for the second stage of looser coronavirus restrictions after the clock strikes midnight on June 22. From 12:01 am, 50 people (increased from 20) would be allowed inside cafes, restaurants, cinemas, theatres, auditoriums ...

PrimeWest acquires asset manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
The ASX-listed property fund manager has paid $10 million to acquire a farmland asset manager as it looks to build a presence in A-REITs. PrimeWest will now own 100% of GoFARM Asset Management which is the manager to the REIT Vitalharvest Freehold Trust ...

Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... making up 45% of those jobs lost in May. Youth unemployment is now at 16.1%. "These are devastating unemployment numbers." Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the past three months have been tough for Australia with the destruction of 38 consecutive months ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 nightmare makes Brexit a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... 2009. At the same time, the FTSE-100 index cratered from a high of 7104.0 points pre-Brexit to 5534.0 points after then UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced the Brexit referendum in February 2015. It had been a rough ride heading into Brexit. As ...