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GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... consecutive quarterly drops. "Economic growth picked up from the December quarter 2023 through to the December quarter 2024. GDP growth was up 1.3% over this time," Keenan said. VanEck senior portfolio manager Cameron McCormack said the GDP data was ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... lifting interest rates 425 basis points in total, accepting that it would take longer to get inflation under control. "GDP growth slowed to 1.1% in 2024, and the unemployment rate rose by only 0.6ppt. Core inflation has fallen more slowly and is still ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic climate, including the bleak GDP growth Australia is generating. Although the unemployment rate in Australia has remained relatively low, GDP growth has been less ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... each year, supporting a private sector-led economic recovery. He noted "the Australian economy is in a malaise", with GDP growth slowing over 2024 to an annual rate of 0.8%-the weakest in a generation outside the COVID-19 downturn. Tax Reform Briggs ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... have been deeply negative," Bhimavarapu said. "This is also the seventh consecutive quarter of negative per-capita GDP growth print. Ideally, this data at the very least should help the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) make a dovish pivot, but our hopes ...

Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... growth for FY25 is now likely to be flat to down on FY24 with modest growth anticipated in FY26." Thompson said domestic GDP growth is expected to remain at or below 2% in CY25 as the lagged impact of higher interest rates and weakening consumer spending ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... 2050, Australia's relatively strong population growth enables us to hang-on to our robust economic growth, with trend GDP growth falling to just 2.2%." As for debt imbalance measures, Australia ranked 15 th with a slightly negative debt imbalance index ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... is a threat today." Meanwhile, China's economic success story, since it opened itself to the world in 1978, saw GDP growth average over 9% per year and lift 800 million people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. Whilst GDP growth has cooled ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... business insolvencies have recently hit record highs." Household spending fell 0.2% detracting 0.1 percentage points from GDP growth. Meanwhile, total investment fell 0.1% in the June quarter. In the private sector, new machinery and equipment fell 1.6% ...

Australia sees jump in zombie companies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... Kearney said. The report found that Australia's wavering economic performance was one reason for the increase after GDP growth declined from 4.27% in 2022 to 3.02% in 2023. The real estate sector was the most affected by economic instability, inflation ...