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Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... tone for how it intends to govern in its second term by deciding whether to listen to broad consumer, industry and economists' feedback on how the current design of its superannuation tax is unfair to future generations of Australians," Briggs said. ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... we have to assume that there'll be a significant slowing down impact that's already been identified by the economists internationally, and we'll be certainly dis-beneficiaries of that."

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... Street Global Advisors APAC economist Krishna Bhimavarapu agreed a May rate cut is expected, but said that's not what economists will be focused on. "Today's CPI data makes a May rate cut a near certainty, but that is an old hat for Australia. What needs ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... meeting (April 1) and around a 65% probability of a cut in May," the minutes said. "The cash rate path expected by market economists was a little higher than that reflected in market pricing. Members discussed possible explanations for this, including ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.1% at the April meeting - coming as little surprise to markets and economists. However, the central bank flagged ongoing uncertainty amid fears US tariffs could impact global growth. "Uncertainty about ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... entirely to capital deepening (more capital per worker) - multifactor productivity growth contributed very little." PC economists Lawson Ashburner and Vincent Wong found that since the mid-2000s Australia has found fewer new and better ways of using ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation chief economist Brian Redican said at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Redican said monetary policy is no longer the only game in town, for example, noting that President Trump's ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... result in higher inflation and interest rates, according to a top economist. Speaking at Financial Standard's Chief Economists Forum yesterday, Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters put US President Donald Trump's recent tariff imposition into ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing in a rate cut and she believed it was likely one would come ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum today, La Trobe Financial head of investments and product David Tagg dissected some of the key economic themes for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic ...