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Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... 10-year yield is above the level prevailing at the start of the year, fuelled by a gargantuan budget deficit - close to 7% of GDP - when the US economy is close to full capacity, he said. "That deficit means that the prospects of any meaningful decline ...

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... she confirmed that it was an intentional move. "The dovish pivot that observers thought may follow last week's woeful Q3 GDP print has been laid out in [the] statement," Sycamore said. "While it would be premature for the RBA to unroll its 'mission ...

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... of deteriorating living standards is a 2.8% decline in per capita spending since 2022, alongside a 2.1% fall in per capita GDP over the same period. Oliver said the slowdown in productivity points to ongoing weakness in per capita GDP, which if sustained ...

World on the brink: Frontier Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... rifts, and climate inaction. The report said after spiking at the onset of COVID-19, government debt levels as a proportion of GDP briefly retraced but have since continued their upward trajectory to historically high levels, with deficits "not expected ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3% in the September quarter 2024 and by 0.8% since September 2023, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The Australian economy grew for the 12th quarter in a row ...

Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... earnings-per-share growth for FY25 is now likely to be flat to down on FY24 with modest growth anticipated in FY26." Thompson said domestic GDP growth is expected to remain at or below 2% in CY25 as the lagged impact of higher interest rates and weakening ...

'Turbulent' environment expected in 2025: Robeco

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... tempered by cooling consumption and higher tariffs. Yet, both fiscal as well as monetary policy remains procyclical. Real GDP is projected to grow by 1.7%, reflecting a mild 'stagflationary' trend as inflation remains slightly above consensus. European ...

Chalmers unveils new superannuation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... their working lives," Chalmers said. "Over the next four decades, drawdowns from super are estimated to increase from 2.4% of GDP to 5.6% of GDP, and this is part of the big demographic shifts shaping our economy, which we identified in our intergenerational ...

Magellan warns of staggering sovereign debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... In 2010, following the government's response to the Global Financial Crisis, it first exceeded 90% as a percentage of GDP - the level identified by academics Reinhart and Rogoff as associated with a worsening in growth outcome," Magellan portfolio ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... rate would be some time off. "There were more references to the cash-rate easing only from 'mid-2025' in the SoMP amid lower GDP projections. We worry if the takeaway is that the RBA is prepared to maintain restrictive policy for longer, which may lead ...