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Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... management and that will be displayed in the May federal budget. Speaking in Washington DC at the G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting and International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank 2023 Spring Meetings, Chalmers said the government ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... picture view of what retirement is and will become as our population ages and home ownership rates drop. Housing must be a central consideration of a successful retirement, it said, adding that the Retirement Income Review enforced the benefits of home ...

Global economic growth hits 20-year low: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... which have receded amid stubbornly high inflation and recent financial sector turmoil. "Although inflation has declined as central banks have raised interest rates and food and energy prices have come down, underlying price pressures are proving sticky ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... down slightly from its record high of 7.3%. According to Lowe, preserving the value of money is the chief task of any central bank, and interest rates are the enabling tool. However, he also noted that alternative institutional arrangements and non-monetary ...

Economists divided: RBA's moment of truth looms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... points, including labour force data, consumer surveys, retail sales, and monthly consumer price data, in determining the central banks next move. While recent growth momentum has shown signs of easing, inflation slowing more rapidly than anticipated ...

New Australian digital assets bill to regulate crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... Australia's digital asset landscape by implementing a robust regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This legislation also seeks to bolster consumer protection, promote investment, and ...

We sit at a watershed moment: Paton

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... giving regulators and governments time to get a better handle on the true state of our economies. "... Returning to our central thesis - short term, inflation, long term it's all about productivity and growth," he concluded.

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Binance and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... that it's best not to be too definitive - that maybe now's not the time to stick one's neck out and claim central banks will stop raising rates and then predict the implications for equity markets," he says. He reckons the US central bank ...

RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... is not completely off the table. "The RBA certainly can't lean into the banking issues offshore given US and European central banks have hiked this week," Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics and market research Gareth Aird told Financial Standard. ...