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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. "It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run non-stop military operations," Melbourne-based political journalist Caitlin Johnstone writes. "It's ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... living," H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said. "As originally designed by the Liberal/National government, the tax cuts delivered most of the benefit to those on high incomes. So, nothing at all for people earning $40,000 and only ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... rosier. Australia's 2022-23 underlying cash surplus is an enviable 0.2% of GDP in the black. In the US, their national government annual budget deficit is -5.8% of GDP, in the UK it's -6.1% of GDP and in New Zealand it's -8.9% of GDP. Australia's radically ...

BetaShares adds to thematic ETF lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The Australian fund manager plans to launch the BetaShares Energy Transition Metals ETF (XMET) on the ASX in late October. XMET will provide exposure to leading global companies that are producing a range of energy transition metals (ETMs), such as ...

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... politics and policy, including roles in government, industry organisations and the private sector. He was national government relations manager with the Insurance Council of Australia from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as a senior adviser to ministers ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Productivity is expected to be undermined, however, by the fragmentation of the business sector still very reliant on national government subsidies and outdated regulatory structures. Inflation at an 8% in 2016 is expected to edge down during 2016-17 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... US$80.5 billion in March 2015. BSP governor Amando Tetangco ascribed the increase in reserves to the rise in the national government's net foreign currency deposits (including some US$495 million proceeds from the issuance of global bonds and from program ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... at an average rate of around 20% over the past three years. Grim for sure but...that's only if there's no national government (with around US$4 trillion in reserves to back them up). That's around 24 trillion yuan, that would easily cover the "total ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... net-net, the US economy is still getting stimulated, is it not? And this is happening at the same time that the national government's trying to right its budget deficit. But what about those 750,000 workers that are expected to lose their jobs... and ...
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