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Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit back at claims the official inflation figures released this week were only lower due to government rebates, despite what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data found. Doing the media rounds this morning ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2024 - down from 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
Australians are enduring the longest stretch of economic hardship since 2011, according to analysis by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). CEDA's analysis of the "misery index" - which combines inflation, unemployment, and interest ...

Boutique investment manager hits the market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... TWC developed its proprietary investment framework, which normalises conventional accounting data to provide a precise economic measure of corporate performance through an industrial lifecycle lens. "The TWC framework elevates strategic foresight, empowering ...

E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
The board of E&P Financial Group (EP1) is moving to delist from the ASX, claiming the company is materially undervalued thanks to the barrage of regulatory proceedings and class action litigation it faced in recent years. These issues have sustained ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... arrangements for women when going through menopause. The government should also commission a comprehensive study to assess the economic impacts of menopause "which clearly delineates the impact of symptoms of menopause on women's workforce participation ...

Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... clear that it is unlikely to cut rates until 2025 unless there is a material change to their forecasts of inflation and economic conditions. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird said the bank has now changed its forecast for the ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The Federal Reserve elected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points overnight, its first reduction in four years. The US central bank decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75-5%, surprising many ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... home ownership prospects, slash retirement savings, and come at a significant cost to the Budget, according to a Corinna Economic Advisory report by Saul Eslake. In the report commissioned by the Super Members Council (SMC), Eslake said that decades ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... relating to its in-house product, the US Masters Residential Property Fund (URF). The inquiry will be heard under the Senate Economic Committee after Senator Hanson secured cross-parliament support. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said the inquiry marks ...