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War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... defence spending in the Federal Budget. The increased allocation to defence will bring Australia's defence spending above 2% of GDP for the first time in 20 years. The government will build a new submarine base on the east coast of Australia as part ...

Government vows support for SMEs, self-funded retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... trust income reporting and improving the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the GDP uplift rate that applies to PAYG instalments and GST instalments will be lowered to 2% for the 2022-23 financial year. Normally ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... expectations and prior hiking cycles. The RBA really has little incentive from what we can see to crush the Aussie economy, with GDP, the unemployment rate and inflation, exactly where they want to be."

KPMG family business consultants launch advisory firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... office, philanthropy & social impact and next generation transition and development." According to the firm, "70% of global GDP comes from family businesses, yet few acknowledge the incredible commitment and contribution they make to our economy and ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... from greater institutional and retail attention, reflecting the significant growth of technology spend as a percentage of GDP, however, as inflation rises and fears about valuations climb, investors have responded by savaging technology companies," he ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... with heightened sensitivity to cost and peers." Australia now sits in second place in terms of ratio of pension assets to GDP, overtaking Canada. The Netherlands has the highest ratio at 213% while Australia's comes in at 172% (local currency). "This ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... the fourth quarter, is expected to reaccelerate in early 2022. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that Australia's GDP will grow 4.1% this year on the back of increased business activity and international borders reopening. However, local outbreaks ...

How to invest in China: Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
China's slowing economy may have investors on edge as we ease into 2022, but there's still plenty of opportunities - so long as you know where to look, Capital Group says. Providing an investment outlook for 2022, Capital Group said investors must do ...

Economic recap: Week to December 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... much less than most of us were expecting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report shows that GDP declined by 1.9% in the three months to September 2021. This may be the third biggest quarterly fall on record - next to ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... pandemic, it's one of the very few advanced economies that rebounded quickly. The annual rate of growth in New Zealand's GDP turned to a positive 2.7% in the third quarter of 2020 (following an 8.9% contraction in the previous quarter) and continues ...