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Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate to 4.35% as it continues to grapple with subduing inflation. RBA governor Michele Bullock yesterday pushed up the base rate by another 25 basis points, saying that while inflation in Australia ...

Government must revise infra pipeline: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the government has some tough calls to make regarding the nation's infrastructure pipeline as part of its plan to regenerate the economy. Following Labor's review of its multibillion-dollar Infrastructure Investment ...

Inflation eases to 5.4%, RBA tipped to hike interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released consumer price index data yesterday, showing a moderation in annual inflation from 6% to 5.4%. However, inflation climbed 1.2% in the September quarter, outpacing the 0.8% increase in June, prompting ...

Super bequest reform can boost charitable giving by billions: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... charity tax-free upon death, could boost charitable giving by up to $21.9 billion annually by 2060. A report by Impact Economics and Policy, commissioned by Philanthropy Australia, says policy settings, particularly the imposition of a 17% tax on bequests ...

Taskforce unveils recommendations for economic equality

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Legislating the payment of superannuation on all forms of paid parental leave is one of the seven recommendations proposed by the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) that will help build economic equality over the next 10 years. Releasing ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has repeated the commitment to reducing inflation to 2% and maintaining a restrictive policy until this goal is reached. In a speech on Thursday, Powell told the Economic Club of New York that the September inflation ...

The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... mother could love pays off in funds management, as unattractive fundies outperform their good-looking peers. In the first economics study to employ a deep learning model to quantify facial attractiveness, unattractive fund managers notched up an extra ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refuted claims that the government's push to incorporate a Voice to Parliament has come at the expense of the economy. Tomorrow, millions of Australians will hit the polls and decide if a First Nations' Voice to Parliament ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Christopher Kent has punctuated that beyond the cash-flow channel, where a rise in the cash rate leads to higher interest payments for those with debt, there exists other avenues through which monetary ...

Future Fund refreshes investment team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... will include the heads of dynamic asset allocation, strategic opportunities and integration, overlays and treasury and economics and capital markets. Murray was formerly head of overlays and has been acting in the deputy chief investment officer role ...