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What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... are projected to jump $109 billion or by 24%. Expenditure is thus projected to grow slower than the expected 19% increase in GDP over the period compared to receipts that are projected to grow faster.

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... are projected to jump $109 billion or by 24%. Expenditure is thus projected to grow slower than the expected 19% increase in GDP over the period compared to receipts that are projected to grow faster. Receipts growing faster than outlays enables expenditure ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... (MYEFO), the Treasury predicted that ever-elusive surplus to be reached by FY2020-21 amounting to A$10.2 billion (0.5% of GDP) from A$7.4 billion (0.4% of GDP) anticipated in the May 2017 Budget papers. The hope, of course, is that the Australian government's ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... substantial boost, Valores said. Also, Argentina's economy had been improving in recent times since the recession of 2016; and GDP grew by 3.9% in the year to the December 2017 quarter from 3.8% in the previous quarter. While the central bank's recent ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... It's estimated the superannuation sector will hit $6.5 trillion by that stage, amounting to more than 160% of Australia's GDP. But compared to global pension funds, Australia's super funds ability to invest in the renewable energy sector has been limited ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... of the quarter." This is good but some analysts are saying, this is as good as it gets, pointing to the deceleration in US GDP growth in the first quarter of this year to an annualised rate of 2.3% from 2.9% in the December 2017 quarter and 3.2% in the ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... below: On Monday 23 April, Chief Economist Benjamin Ong argues that, given agriculture 'only' contributes 3% to Australia's GDP and 2.2% of employment our PM should not put agriculture at the heart of the Australia-EU FTA negotiations. The National Farmers' ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... Farmers' Federation' (NFF), "The agricultural sector, at farm-gate, contributes 3% to Australia's total gross domestic product (GDP). The gross value of Australian farm production in 2016-17 was $60 billion" and ABARES data show agriculture accounts ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... suggests that consume spending would remain weak and because household consumption accounts for around 60% of Australia's GDP, expect economic growth to remain in the slow lane as well. Not only this, forget asking for a pay rise. This is because the ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... news is that the March rebound has come in late for consumer spending to make a significant contribution to first quarter US GDP growth. Estimates show that consumer spending slowed to an annualised rate of 1.5% in the March quarter after the December ...