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Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... government's budget deficit has improved to 1.5% of GDP in 2017 from 3.4% of GDP in the previous year. It's the same for government debt - down to 12.6% of GDP in 2017 from 12.9% in 2016 and 15.9% in 2015. As a result, the Russian ruble has appreciated ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... because, importantly, financial sector leverage has declined substantially since the Great Recession. However, US government debt now stands at approximately 75% of GDP, and the present value of unfunded entitlements now stands at approximately $9 trillion. ...

Real Asset Management embraces SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... issuer/security credit analysis, security selection and sub-sector allocation across the capital structure including government debt, senior debt, subordinated notes, preference securities and capital notes," Frearson added. "Given the increase in complexity ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... help the nation reduce its annual deficit and in time enable the country to start paying down on its ballooning government debt. Nevertheless the GDP results were in line with consensus expectations, it beat revised predictions of a negative quarter ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... to support the operation of the 20 year Treasury Bond futures contract. Australia's debt through Commonwealth government debt securities is now $490 billion comprising $454 billion in Treasury bonds, $33 billion in indexed Treasury bonds and $3 billion ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's expansionary second budget, bankrolled by government receipts rising more than 6% per annum compared to expenditure rising by 4% per annum, sets Australia on the road towards a surplus by 2020 but one supported by record Commonwealth ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... is laying the groundwork for a boost in national infrastructure investment after unveiling changes to the way government debt is reported. In his final pre-budget speech, delivered to the Australian Business Economists in Sydney on Thursday, Morrison ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... started, there was still 6% on term deposits, so people weren't really addressing the issue, even though we saw government debt as being way too high, which would eventually result in lower interest rates. "Since then, interest has gradually built year-on-year. ...

Australia must curtail its debt binge in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... of government and foreign exchange, Matthew Cobon, singled out Australia and New Zealand as countries with low government debt ratios that are nonetheless endangered by highly levered private sector balance sheets. "A real estate-funded debt binge combined ...

Super tax receipts to reach $8bn: MYEFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... offset new expenditure and pass existing Budget repair measures is needed to consolidate the Budget and to lower government debt, particularly against the continuing backdrop of a challenging global economic outlook," Morrison said. The government expects ...