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CFMG Capital raises for $26m Brisbane project

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... existing market momentum, supported by the ABS' latest data, demonstrating house prices have continued to rise in the June quarter. Speaking of the appeal on the project, Thomson said: "Whilst offering close proximity to the Brisbane CBD, Farley Road ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... "productivity deadlock". The PC quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity fell 0.8% across the economy in the June quarter, marking a return to the weak productivity growth trend of the five years leading up to the pandemic. "During the ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.5 trillion in the June quarter, which was 9.3% ($1.4 trillion) higher than a year ago, the ABS said. This was largely driven by residential land and dwellings ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... high interest rates or unemployment drove economic misery, this time inflation was the main contributor from the June quarter of 2021 to September quarter of 2023. CEDA economist Liam Dillon said this clearly highlights the difficult trade-off facing ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 0.2% in the June quarter 2024 and by 1.5% in the 2023-24 financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of national accounts Katherine Keenan said: "The Australian economy ...

Cost of 'comfortable retirement' increases again: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... pressures that've caused "further strain on retirees." Insurance premiums saw a sharp increase, rising by 3.1% in the June quarter and 14% over the past year, driven largely by higher reinsurance costs, the impact of natural disasters, and increased ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Australians' pay packets grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows, down 0.9% from the prior quarter. Annually, the rate of growth for wages in the private sector was 4.1%, down from three consecutive ...

No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Living costs have risen for all Australian household types in the June quarter, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said increases in living costs in the June quarter ranged ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1% in the June quarter and 3.8% annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The June quarter rise is the same as the 1% rise in the March 2024 quarter," ABS head of price ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... fund. Mercer head of equities for the Pacific Shannon Reilly noted that long-short strategies performed well over the June quarter, holding several spots among the top 10 managers in Mercer's Australian shares investment manager universe. A key theme ...