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Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... low unemployment rate, but productivity has paid the ultimate price for some of those policies. Further, the strong employment numbers also fed into the heightened inflation figures, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) continues its effort to tame ...

UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... long term, and over the long term, we're confident about the state of the global economy-inflation is behaving itself, employment remains strong, and the tech revolution continues. If we do get a correction, UniSuper will likely be using it as a buying ...

Finance workers worry about job displacement from AI, government urged to take action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... advancements and potential job displacements. The Future of Work report, released by the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training last month, made 21 recommendations to help the government get on top of the fast-evolving state of ...

Nest to acquire 10% stake in IFM Investors

ELIZA BAVIN, MATT TOLEDO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The UK National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) will take a 10% stake in Industry Super Holdings, the parent company of IFM Investors. Nest said it would primarily invest in IFM's alternate asset investments. An IFM spokesperson told Financial Standard ...

Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... that have been held high to lower inflation, were not realised. Inflation has moderated and economic growth, trade, employment, wages and corporate balance sheets remain in good shape, underpinning another strong year for the US share market," Samild ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... target band by June, rather than the RBA's current expectation of December. "As a result - and despite still solid employment growth - there's no question the economy deserves an interest rate cut to ease the restrictiveness of current policy ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... (7.9%), the ACT (7.0%), Victoria (5.9%), NSW (5.8%), and Tasmania (5.3%). WA was however strongest for retail spending, employment market, home lending, population growth, and dwelling starts (driven in part by population growth and home lending). Looking ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... saying that the RBA will cut rate in February, and I still think that is the case," Miller said. "The quality of the employment growth is largely contributed by the public sector, as the private sector is still very weak. But the reality is that unemployment ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... that prevent them from having a say in how their money is used until they reach 65 years of age. Labor minister for employment and workplace relations Murray Watt labelled the statements by the Coalition members as "astonishing," adding they revealed ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 people and the number of unemployed increasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate rose to 4%," ABS head ...