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ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... sustainability performance targets, which include metrics such as emissions intensity, waste reduction, water consumption, and labour certification. These targets are in line with ISPT's ESG framework, which focuses on key areas such as climate change ...

Job flexibility, labour market delay retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Job flexibility and a tight labour market are keeping more Australians at work, research from KPMG finds, giving rise to a delay in their retirement. The analysis found that men are retiring at 66.2 years old, from 63.3 years old two decades ago, while ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... 510,000 increase in 2023-24 - continues to drive housing demand, necessitating an additional 200,000 homes. "ABS data for the labour force and overseas arrivals and departures suggests upside risk to these population projections, and hence, upside risk ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... non-competes and other restraint clauses is particularly prevalent in knowledge-based service industries, where high-skilled labour is a key determinant of firm success. The research found many firms appear to deploy restraint clauses indiscriminately. ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Chalmers is expected to deliver a surplus in the upcoming Federal Budget, but he warned iron ore prices and a softening labour market put a dent in how large it will be. Speaking at an event for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Chalmers ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... (SEP) indicated that inflation has proven to be slightly stronger than the Fed had anticipated, but economic growth and the labour market are stronger-essentially, a soft landing," Shah said. US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell downplayed the importance ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... while the cost pressures still exist they are easing. Power and insurance costs remain stubborn, Bruce pointed out, while labour costs pressures are still evident but don't appear as strong. "That all led to an increasing focus on cost control in businesses ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... that the decision was in line with expectations and that there are risks related to the weak productivity and strong unit labour cost growth. "The challenge here is that, while wages growth lifting to around its current rate would not typically be worryingly ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... changed," he said. "We believe AI will be the key driver of equity markets over the next decade, significantly impacting the labour market, productivity and sector concentration, as well as margins and free cash flow generation."

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... think more importantly for this story is its time dependency. If we get rid of these zombies over five years, given the labour shortages and other economic factors, then I think this will be a very positive thing, particularly for productivity," Hogan ...
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