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Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... will take a short break and re-open on Monday, 4 January 2021. We take this opportunity to wish you a safe and joyous holiday season!

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... popular. Before we leave you with the year's top stories, the Financial Standard team wishes our readers a safe and happy holiday period; we look forward to bringing you the news in 2021! The 10 most read stories of 2020 were: 1. Industry funds face ...

Reverse mortgages used to extinguish debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
More older Australians are increasingly using reverse mortgages to pay off debt, a new survey found. RMIT University found two in five (44%) seniors used reverse mortgages to refurbish their homes after surveying over 9700 customers of Heartland Seniors ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... "Voices singing, let's be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Rockin' around the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily..." - Brenda Lee It's not even December yet but Wall Street's already "Rockin' ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... months before, underscored by the "Wuhan pool party" back in August. This was followed by the China's "Golden Week" holiday (1-7 October) that, according to the government, saw 637 million people travel within the country. "The government estimates ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australian housing values continued to decline for the third consecutive month in July and are set to drop even further when government support winds down, according to the latest research from CoreLogic. CoreLogic's home value index dropped 0.6% last ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... revised again. However, the Prime Minister emphasised when questioned about revising the JobSeeker payment around the holiday period that it will likely be extended again. "I am leaning heavily into the notion, and we would anticipate there would need ...

Government expands SME Guarantee Scheme

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... $250,000 issued by eligible lenders until September 30 for a maximum loan period of three years with a six-month repayment holiday. The second phase will commence on October 1 and will be available through to June 30 next year and extends the purpose ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is experiencing the biggest contraction since the 1930s... Conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected... There has also ...

Banks throw Australians a second lifeline

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... period. However, those with reduced incomes or facing financial difficultly will be eligible for the additional repayment holiday. "Those who are able to repay their loans will resume doing so, which is in the best interests of those customers and allows ...