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Cbus, Rest deliver 'strong' returns amid heightened volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... still the world's most innovative economy, with some of the world's best companies and an unmatched ability to turn GDP growth into earnings growth, which is ultimately what drives members' returns." He added that equities both locally and globally have ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... Sheriden saw investors turn away from small caps as interest rates went up for reasons that hikes would be negative for GDP growth. They also anticipated the US heading into a recession. "They ran away from small cap stocks, and they went into large ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... pointing out that this is equivalent to about US$470 billion in tax hikes and will potentially impact the country's GDP growth. In early April, J.P. Morgan raised the probability of a recession occurring in 2025 to 60%. Based on first quarter activities ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... niche in the global investment landscape and becoming a rising investment destination. The key drivers include higher GDP growth supported by policy tailwinds, favourable demographics and a growing middle class and government-led initiatives fostering ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... 'China' a whopping 867 times, indicating that the impact of US tariffs on Australia may be more indirect. "We expect GDP growth and inflation to average 2.2% and 2.4% respectively this year, which should bring about two more cuts by the RBA." Commonwealth ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... retaliated, imposing higher levies on US exports. Meanwhile, CITIC Securities economist Ximing Wang said the robust GDP growth of China, as well as its already expected deficit can fully offset the impact of the imposed tariffs. "The broad deficit ratio ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... consecutive quarterly drops. "Economic growth picked up from the December quarter 2023 through to the December quarter 2024. GDP growth was up 1.3% over this time," Keenan said. VanEck senior portfolio manager Cameron McCormack said the GDP data was ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... lifting interest rates 425 basis points in total, accepting that it would take longer to get inflation under control. "GDP growth slowed to 1.1% in 2024, and the unemployment rate rose by only 0.6ppt. Core inflation has fallen more slowly and is still ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic climate, including the bleak GDP growth Australia is generating. Although the unemployment rate in Australia has remained relatively low, GDP growth has been less ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... each year, supporting a private sector-led economic recovery. He noted "the Australian economy is in a malaise", with GDP growth slowing over 2024 to an annual rate of 0.8%-the weakest in a generation outside the COVID-19 downturn. Tax Reform Briggs ...
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