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Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... demand," Feng said. However, Feng added that market sectors may face ongoing challenges in 2025 due to low business investment. "On the other hand, the non-market sector - comprising health care and social assistance, education and training, and public ...

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... factors, including very strong population growth which has led to housing affordability issues, a slowdown in business investment, increased market concentration which has reduced competition, uncertainty around climate policies which have contributed ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... exports and government spending. "Private domestic demand weakened as households consumed less, firms cut down business investment and housing investment dropped, while services supported growth, industry and construction contributed negatively," she ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... priority. But today's figures show that the economic discussion in Australia needs to shift toward encouraging business investment, productivity and growth."

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... with a recession in the US at this stage," Hennessy said. "Other indicators such as consumer spending and business investment are still growing. We still believe the US economy remains on a soft-landing path, which is an outcome of central banks raising ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... product development and executing a well-strategised market penetration plan in the United States," he said. Business investment funds managed by QIC have invested $152 million into 78 businesses, creating more than 1200 jobs.

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... minutes also pointed to slow productivity growth, inflation expectations and further growth in public demand and business investment. "Recent government policies announced after the May board meeting to mechanically lower headline CPI should contribute ...

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... of employees; it plans to increase its headcount from 100 to 300 by 2027. The raise was led by QIC via its Business Investment Fund, and included further investments from Hostplus, HESTA and venture capital firms Main Sequence and Blackbird. Gilmour ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... investment decisions. Evidently, RBA data suggests the 4% rate rise might result in a roughly 4% decline in business investment over the next two to three years. On the household front, higher rates encourage saving and delayed consumption. "In the current ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... Australian growth spread over a couple of years." Oliver cited the rapid rebound of immigration and a solid business investment outlook as other considerations to support a continuation of the relative outperformance of Australian shares in 2023. Globally ...
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