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Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy, have written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as take-home ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... is blocked. This time US interest rates are very close to becoming inutile. This time the US government is drowning in deficit. This means that many of the system's automatic stabilisers might not be as effective as in previous episodes. More people ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... houses rose by 6.7 per cent in October. Thank you too that, because of this, the Federal Budget might not need to go into deficit. Most of all, thank you for the painful lessons being imparted by the current financial market turmoil.

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... That is, closing the bond market will make it harder for the government to borrow money in the future to finance a budget deficit during a recession or war. The idea was scrapped in 2004. And fortunately for the Labour Government it was. The Federal ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... headlines reported by Bloomberg., Jobless Rolls in US Rise to 25-Year High, Exports Plunge on Global Slump, US Budget Deficit Swells to Record $237.2 Billion as Bank Stakes Bought, Germany Enters Recession After Economy Contracted 0.5% in Third Quarter ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... long-run. This is because consumers save during periods of high and increasing government deficits, expecting that this deficit will be paid for in the form of higher taxes in the future. But now is when the problem is most acute and pressing. And after ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... outlook, adding that the package should be designed to limit longer-term negative impact on the US government's growing deficit. These are interesting times and in a span of just over a year, the US economy has learnt that Adam Smith's economic theory ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... in the previous month. Italy's industrials orders dropped by 5.2 per cent in the year to August and its current account deficit widened to 2.9 billion euros in August from 0.1 billion euros in the previous month. In Japan, Tokyo Department Store Sales ...

Fin lit survey highlights deficit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
ANZ is set to launch a number of adult financial literacy programs after a survey revealed Australians with low levels of financial literacy make riskier investment decisions and probably won't seek professional financial advice. The report, which surveyed ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... Elsewhere in Europe, reports show Spanish unemployment rising and consumer confidence slipping. And in Italy, the fiscal deficit has risen to 2.6 per cent of GDP in the June quarter from 1.9 per cent in the first. While there is some good news in Australia ...