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Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
Australia's budget balance as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) was second among G20 nations last year, improving from 14th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing ...

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
Two of the world's major economies fell into recession at the end of 2023. The UK's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.3% in the fourth quarter of last year following a contraction of 0.1% in September quarter, according to the Office for National ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... seen in the strong retail sales data released earlier this week," he said. "Forecasters generally expect gross domestic product to come in very strong for the third quarter before cooling off in the fourth quarter and next year." Nevertheless, Powell ...

Lack of income stream drags local retirement system: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... it from an A-grade system." With superannuation balances forecast to increase from 116% of Australia's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022-23 to about 218% by 2062-63, becoming the primary source of retirement income for many future retirees, the lack ...

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... halting a run of consecutive rate hikes, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) noted a 0.5% decline in the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) in July. The Bank's internal forecasts now anticipate only a marginal uptick in GDP for Q3 2023. Underlying growth ...

US enters recession - or does it?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
The US's real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased for the second consecutive quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, but don't call it a recession. GDP decreased at an annual rate of 0.9% in Q2, this follows the 1.6% retracement ...

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... improvement in women's workforce participation could add up to $25 billion, approximately 1%, to Australia's Gross Domestic Product. Childcare could also be used as a tool to address the gender super gap. The Deloitte modelling suggested that the gender ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... backed these findings again. It concluded that at a national level, better female employment increases gross domestic product and at a company level, more women in leadership generates more profits. On the back of similar research, Saxo recently launched ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also include the UK, US, Canada and Japan. Gross domestic product growth among these economies has been downgraded from 5% in 2021 to 4% this year at an annual average pace. The spread of the ...

Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... turning points in the business cycle and closely track the rate of change in key economic variables such as gross domestic product (GDP)." Here are the survey's key findings: The flash US composite output index eased to a reading of 59.1 in March ...
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