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ACCC merger reforms may impact super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... purpose and, in particular, whether it is achieving the balance required to ensure good outcomes for consumers and the economy," Sims said. "Increasingly the uncertainty inherent in the forward-looking merger test has become a reason for clearing mergers." ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... pressure on wages and, by extension, inflation. Throwing so much greenbacks at the pandemic problem helps restore the economy back to normal with the consequent return of inflation that, in turn, calls for less accommodative monetary and fiscal policy ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... pandemic." Wait, there's more! The details of the report indicate better underpinning for the labour market and the economy. The latest survey shows all of January's gains were due to increased full-time hiring (59,000) that was partly offset ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... concerned over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's broad-based and inclusive goal of maximum employment and that even with a brisk ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... with cashflow; with many struggling just to keep staff employed. We need to be making it easier, not harder, to boost the economy for businesses to invest and for jobs to be created.

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... Even Reserve Bank of Australia boss Philip Lowe has given his nod to not keeping JobKeeper: "Given the recovery of the economy, I can understand why the government wants to stop that program." Whaddyathink?

Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... recently acquired a 50% stake in the Greater Washington Area Express Lanes. Another opportunity lays in decarbonising the economy initiatives. This administration is serious about climate change, he said, which it sees as "existential threats". Some ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... coronavirus relief package against Summers' concern over the risk of an inflation outbreak. He says: Summer's admit that the economy still needs support but that Biden's proposal is excessive. "There is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... president of the US, Joe Biden, is bidding the Congress to pass his US$1.9 trillion stimulus package. The BLS reports that the economy added 49,000 jobs in January. This is lower than market expectations for a 50,000 increase and followed the distribution ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... the challenge, both financially and operationally, and have continued to fulfil their critical roles in society and the economy," Byres said. "This positive outcome reflects a long period of investment in financial and operational resilience, founded ...