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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 ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... aggregate demand and supply in the economy is larger than previously thought'. Considering this, alongside the higher GDP growth profile, a higher underlying inflation profile and longer 'time-to-target', and a jobs market still only gradually ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... sectors such as biopharmaceuticals, fintechs and green energy, and run alongside favourable rate cutting cycles and GDP growth in these regions. Asset allocators across Australia, including MLC Asset Management, have recognised that an active investment ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... we consider for our members who will be invested for another 20+ years. AI-led productivity benefits should underpin GDP growth and corporate earnings for many years to come. This, combined with a decade or so of spending on clean energy infrastructure ...