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Government flags $17.9bn infrastructure spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... certainty and security for businesses and communities across the country." Treasurer Josh Frydenberg added: "With the unemployment rate already at an equal 48 year low, the measures in this Budget will create an additional 40,000 jobs across Australia ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... Macquarie University's Bachelor of Commerce course director Prashan Karunaratne said the use of Centrelink payments when unemployment is so low and inflation is rising could make inflation worse. "Both the government and the Reserve Bank are pursuing ...

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... time since 2018. Effective from March 17, the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25% to 0.40%. The US unemployment rate is reportedly hovering at around 3.8% and inflation is 7.9%. "The least interesting thing about today's rate hike, was ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... hiking cycles. The RBA really has little incentive from what we can see to crush the Aussie economy, with GDP, the unemployment rate and inflation, exactly where they want to be."

EY appoints chief economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... Murphy's deep experience in banking and government will help clients navigate many challenges, including low and falling unemployment, increasing capacity utilisation, rising cost pressures and higher interest rates. "The economy, and business, has proven ...

CBA posts strong result, dividend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... Australian economy to have a strong year in 2022 despite early challenges from the Omicron strain of COVID-19. Both the unemployment rate and the underemployment rate are at the lowest since 2008, with high participation rates," chief executive Matt ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... the eighth quarter in a row, the Apple Isle has outgunned the other states and territories based on its relative unemployment, retail spending, equipment investment and dwelling, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report. South Australia ...

Residential property demand to weaken

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... year. Capital growth is expected to grow between three to 8% this year, Wargent said, adding that the potential for unemployment to rise could also derail demand. "Record job vacancies suggest that the employment figures are only going to increase from ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... to run at 3-4%, not the 2% growth of recent years," Bloxham said. "Last week's jobs numbers, which showed an unemployment rate at a 13-year low of 4.2%, will help. But even at that rate, it could take some time to generate a broad-based shift in ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... the UK. "We see several likely reasons why the US stands out. First, the pandemic response relied more heavily on unemployment insurance than furlough schemes, resulting in lower job attachment. Second, according to several surveys, US households have ...