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Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... Australia's rating is underpinned by the country's high income per capita, as well as strong institutions and an effective policy framework. "... which facilitated nearly 30 consecutive years of economic growth before the Covid-19 pandemic and ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... wage-price spiral, bolstering CBA Group economists' view for a rate pause in June following an extended period of aggressive policy tightening by the RBA, he commented. That said, the upcoming Fair Work Commission decision on the national minimum ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and energy government policy vacuum, Budget 2023-24 will align Australia's institutional investors, industries and massive capital creation opportunities ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 7% each, which pretty much matches the inflation rate. Against this, while the government is making a big deal about its policy decision to increase the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax, it's still only collecting $2.4 billion in 2022-23. Worse still ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... activity in 2023-24. A more pronounced slowdown in the world economy could result from continued tightening in global monetary policy in response to persistent inflation or a deterioration in financial conditions. This would affect commodity prices ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... than superannuation income stream benefits. The government said this finding is at odds with the original intent of the policy under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and could lead to adverse outcomes for certain veterans. While the legislation was ...

abrdn chief economist rejoins Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... "I enjoyed and learned a lot working on the buy and sell-side in the US and UK but it will be great returning to public policy - my first love and the reason I became an economist - at such an important time, working under Penelope Smith and Christopher ...

Economic stimulus unlikely in budget: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... been reached and therefore more hikes are unlikely. "As long the economic data in this month's Statement on Monetary Policy is in line with their forecasts or a little bit weaker, the Reserve Bank shouldn't be tightening policy any further," ...

US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... Federal Reserve omitted a line from its previous statement that said the committee 'anticipates that some additional policy firming may be appropriate'. "That makes it likely that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will 'pause' (perhaps indefinitely) ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... we're holding funds to account, we're not encouraging in or out activities that then don't make sense with a global policy point of view."