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Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... employment rose by 50,600 jobs. "For the RBA, [the unemployment] figures make it increasingly clear that Australia's economy is in a different spot compared to many other economies, including the US," HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said. "Still ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... further cuts would likely undermine confidence and signal that the Fed lacks the commitment needed to fully stabilise the economy," he said. "The time lag between policy changes and their real-world impact is crucial. We might not see the effects of ...

Super to be paid on parental leave from July 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... child. Paying super on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave is a win for parents, a win for gender equality and a win for the economy."

RBA doubling down on wholesale CBDC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... with industry and other stakeholders on the question of how our monetary arrangements could better support the Australian economy in the digital age." The focus on a wholesale CBDC development would mean that a retail CBDC is left out in the cold, and ...

Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... commentary from officials align more with a smaller reduction. "The reason to start cutting interest rates is that the economy needs more support, as evidenced by the slowdown in various economic activity indicators," she said. "The biggest indicator ...

Scams prevention framework consultation released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... telcos, to work together to reduce the advertising, carriage, and consummation of scams. Treasury said the framework is an economy-wide reform to protect the Australian community from scams. It will take a whole-of-ecosystem approach to reduce gaps which ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... respective governments will need to work through." Other factors that may still hinder the growth of EM are the current Chinese economy and the tightening of the US monetary cycle. In terms of investment sentiment, Grana said EM is receiving a lot of ...

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... change, of course, and if economic conditions don't evolve as expected, the board will respond accordingly. But if the economy evolves broadly as anticipated, the board does not expect that it will be in a position to cut rates in the near term." Bullock ...

Macquarie AM launches emerging markets equity ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... bottom-up, fundamental analysis of individual companies, placed in the context of evolving secular trends in the global economy." "We believe the team's time-tested investment approach, which analyzes structural changes to identify companies that are ...

Future Fund annual return 'very strong'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... purpose. Arndt also noted that equity markets rallied strongly over the year, thanks in large part to the strength of the US economy and expectations that US interest rates had peaked and would soon begin to fall. He added that private credit and alternatives ...