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Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East continues, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his address at the National Press Club to stress the importance of economic sovereignty to support national resilience. Albanese said the government is focused on ...

Macquarie 'preparing for all contingencies' as conflict continues

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
Macquarie Group has said it is preparing for all contingencies when it comes to the Middle East conflict. Speaking at the Asia Pacific Financial and Innovation Symposium in Melbourne yesterday, Macquarie managing director and chief executive Shemara ...

Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... Belinda Allen said the bank's outlook for the economy is still being downgraded. "In response to the conflict in the Middle East, we have revised our outlook for inflation higher, downgraded our outlook for economic growth and increased our forecast ...

Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... dollar risk - for example, through allocations to emerging market assets - rather than selling US assets. And the Middle East war has highlighted that the Dollar can also help diversify risks from rising energy prices," said Goldman Sachs managing director ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... "This marginal easing sets a slightly lower baseline ahead of the impending impact of the oil shock driven by the Middle East conflict, suggesting the next RBA hike may not be until August," Robertson said. "The front loading of the two hikes this year ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... Australian ETF investors are preferring local equities over the US as global unrest rises due to the conflict in the Middle East. It's flagship IOZ ETF, which provides investors exposure to Australian S&P/ASX200 stocks, saw flows rise by over 50% ...

Brighter Super, QIC back autonomous robot company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... company is scaling rapidly as a leader in robotic inspection and maintenance. FMT recently expanded into Europe and the Middle East. It is working with Lufthansa to automate aircraft inspections, with Deutsche Bahn and Etihad Rail for rollingstock inspections ...

Chalmers looks to shore up fuel supply as Iran war continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... adding that hopes for a Trump TACO moment - meaning 'Trump always chickens out' - seemingly fade. "It's a Middle East form of MAD - mutually assured destruction. Attacks on energy infrastructure and/or further signs the US is considering 'boots ...

Geopolitical risks, private credit threaten financial stability: RBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... the face of potential disruption from AI-based competition," the RBA said. In Australia, since the escalation of the Middle East conflict, the RBA observed funding conditions tighten and financial market volatility pick up. "Despite the strong growth ...

Treasury downgrades productivity assumptions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... be 0.6% lower in 2027 and even by 2029 would still be below where it would have been without the conflict [in the Middle East]," Chalmers said. "Around half of the impact to GDP is due to the impact of higher oil. The other half is due to broader consequences. ...