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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... environment but a new report says that we are still much better off than in previous decades. CANBERRA - Treasurer Wayne Swan says the commercial banks should pass on the latest cut to the cash interest rate in full to theircustomers. WELLINGTON - The ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... and go for more. For given Prime Minister Gillard's latest backflip over the Slipper and Thomson affairs, Treasurer Wayne Swan would move heaven and earth to ensure that this is one promise they keep. Then again, perhaps the Government will do a U-turn ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... entitlement spending at the end of its reign was not thought through, seemingly endorsing comments from Joe Hockey. Treasurer Wayne Swan will hand down the budget on 8 May.

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... local market evolves. The preference however is for "market driven solutions," according to a joint statement from Wayne Swan, Treasurer, Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Bernie Ripoll, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. "The ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... initiatives in the housing market have just ended up boosting demand rather than supply. Despite the concerns, Treasurer Wayne Swan has said the upcoming May budget will not target the practise. According to Australian Taxation Office figures, almost ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... therefore the United States will get it," said Okonjo-Iweala at a briefing on the country's 2012 budget. Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed the news and said the appointment of Kim is an excellent addition for the development agency. "While the other candidates ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... consumers spend... Sadly, we're seeing quite the opposite happening in Australia. This makes me wonder if Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan sometimes wishes he were Wen Jiabao so that banks would do as he says - or heads will roll.

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period starting April 16. Wilson has been a member of the Foreign Investment ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... rate cut Mr RBA. And oh before I forget, there's one other argument for an immediate rate reduction and its name is Wayne Swan. He's gonna cut fiscal spending to make good on his promised budget surplus - a tax on the economy. The RBA must do something ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... increased taxes the government has implemented, as agreed, when it got its a,-78 billion salvation? You betcha! Hello, Wayne Swan. Hope you're listening. This is happening now in Spain where a general strike in protest of the government's austerity measures ...