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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 ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of national accounts Katherine Keenan said: "The Australian economy grew for the eleventh consecutive quarter, although growth slowed over the 2023-24 financial year." "Excluding the COVID-19 ...

More to do in the fight against inflation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... of the Albanese government is to ease the cost of living for Australians at the same time as we fight inflation in our economy," Chalmers said. "Treasury estimates the government's energy bill relief and additional increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance ...

South Africa readies 'two pot' pension system

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... and will at the same time ease financial pressure on its population. "While we are continuing the task of growing our economy to create more opportunities for all South Africans and reduce the financial vulnerability affecting many individuals and households ...