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RBA in no rush to lift cash rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... support demand in the Australian economy. So too will recent tax cuts, higher commodity prices, some stabilisation in the housing market, ongoing investment in infrastructure and a lift in resource sector investment," he said.

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... equities market (after the NASDAQ), Australian equities are expected to be held up by lower interest rates, stabilisation of housing prices, tax cuts, political stability and better relative yield proposition, Liu said. "[We] should see our market outperforming ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures under Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures ...

New Zealand retirement system under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... impact of shifting labour forces and declining home ownership rates on KiwiSaver and NZ Super. Commenting on the impact of housing on the review, acting retirement commissioner Peter Cordtz said the commission expects to see the amount of New Zealanders ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... leadership Grattan has waded into a myriad of public policy debates relating to health, education, budgets, tax, transport and housing. Most recently, Daley and Grattan have made headlines arguing the superannuation guarantee is too high and that Australians ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
With a buoyant stock market, tax cuts, lower interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic ...

Downsizer contributions skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... was proposed in the 2017-18 Budget as part of the Coalition Government's package of reforms to reduce pressure on housing affordability. Since commencing on 1 July 2018, 65 year olds and older could sell or downsize their homes and contribute proceeds ...

Australians rapidly gaining wealth: Roy Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... wealth than women; in 2007 they held 27.4% more. Roughly half of Australians' personal wealth is held in owner occupied housing in 2019 at 49.8%, that's only slightly down from the pre-GFC rate of 51.6%. Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... from 82% to 169%. The research was co-authored by economics professor Rachel Ong from Curtin University and professor of housing and housing studies Gavin Wood from RMIT. Wood explained that the trend towards more Australians retiring still owing a significant ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
UBS has materially reduced downside risk for housing as last Saturday's elections lay to rest Labor's negative gearing plans and separately, APRA is easing its stance on mortgage lending. "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected ...