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ART, ISPT to build $585m Sydney life sciences hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... ageing. In combination with an increase in life expectancy thanks to modern medical advancements, and overall population growth, these trends naturally lead to an increase in demand for domestic healthcare services, which is why Australian Retirement ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... governance. However, the nation's weakest performance was in debt-imbalance. "Currently, Australia has the strongest population growth rate in the world at 2.4%, equalled only by Nigeria. This translates into an equal high growth rate of 2.9% growth ...

Hopes of RBA cut 'in tatters' after jobs data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... to a record high of 67.2%. "Employment has risen by 3.1% in the past year, growing faster than the civilian population growth of 2.5%. This has contributed to the increase in the employment-to-population ratio by 0.1 percentage point, and 0.4 percentage ...

Traditional economic indicators have 'tanked': Economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... the US should be in a recession," she said. "Then you have other indicators, for example, in Australia, the population growth rate or changes to government policy, well, that's actually more important than ever. Why did the housing market do what ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... through recession-like conditions. Household consumption has fallen in the past three months despite still strong population growth, real retail spending has gone backwards for almost two years now, job creation in white-collar private sector industries ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... starts. Western Australia remains in the second spot and is fast closing-in on first place - leading on relative population growth and home lending. WA came in a closet second and Victoria remains in third place with the ACT in fourth position. The previously ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... borrowing capacity and persistent inflation are constraining credit growth, despite higher wages and strong population growth. "Interest rate increases weakened consumer confidence and significantly reduced borrowing capacity. This slower loan growth ...

New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... economy is still some 0.5% below the Q3 2022 peak. The headline figure "is being flattered by NZ's strong population growth of late, thanks to very high levels of net immigration," ASB Bank noted. "Long story short, there was still plenty of weakness ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
Stronger business and government investment, population growth and budget positions have seen Australia record its best international competitiveness ranking since 2011. The nation rose from 19th to 13th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024 ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... wealth for Baby Boomers thanks to the power of leverage, lucrative tax breaks, constrained supply, and strong population growth. "Unfortunately, a generation of younger Australians have become the collateral damage to rising property prices. Many younger ...