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RBA issues stern climate change warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia says the economy faces an "abrupt" blow to financial stability from climate change. In a speech, RBA's deputy governor Guy Debelle said climate change will likely have a permanent effect on the Australian economic landscape. ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The Sino-Yankee trade war, the slowdown in the global economy and more recently, the Brexit fiasco have all had a negative bearing on the Australian economic outlook. This is no better depicted than by the recent National Accounts update showing the ...

Allianz Retire+ launches flagship product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
The long-awaited retirement solution of Allianz Retire+ has officially launched. Allianz Retire+ Future Safe provides customers the option to choose fixed rate, market-linked investments and protection options to suit their retirement needs. Future ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... mortgage, or the birth of a child, we often see the paradox that the time when cover is most needed is also the time when household finances are most challenged," he said. Bailey said life insurance is not without its complexities, and some of the commentary ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... that only three components contributed to fourth quarter GDP growth: government consumption (0.3 percentage points); household consumption (0.2 pps) and, inventories (0.2 pps). But government consumption could not continue to provide such strong contribution ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
A new debt product that facilitates funding needs for financial advisers' retiree clients has launched. Household Loan, backed by specialist retirement funding provider Household Capital, enables retirees to draw equity from the family home to fund ...

Angel investor makes first Australian bet

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... the UK with a deal with supermarket chain Sainsbury. In Australia, it is sold at 3000 outlets and the company says its household penetration increased 202% in the past year. It is expecting gross sales of $12.5 million in this financial year from local ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... BEA's contributions to growth table shows that despite slowing in both the annualised and year-on-year measures, household spending (which accounts for around 70% of the economy) provided a 1.92 percentage point contribution to fourth quarter 2018 ...

Rich families stingier with charities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Wealthy families gave away a smaller slice of their household income in 2018 compared to those on the other end of the economic spectrum, a new study has found. Roy Morgan found that households bringing in $130,000 to $250,000 in household income gave ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... of 5 February 2019 meeting). They've hoped that in the minutes of the February 2017 minutes: "Growth in wages and household income were expected to increase gradually." And again in Feb 2018: "...it was possible that ongoing strength in the demand ...