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Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
First Australians Capital (FAC) managing partner Benson Saulo wants to see financial institutions come to the table and back the Indigenous business sector. Ahead of the launch of FAC's Catalytic Capital Impact Fund which aims to support Indigenous-led ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... nearing a 50-year low, job vacancies nearing record highs and wage growth elevating. Over the last three months US employment rose by an average of 375,000 jobs per month, down from the averages experienced earlier this year, but still robust, Powell ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. 'twas the same this month, US employment disappointed. Only 559,000 jobs were generated in May, missing consensus expectations for the creation of 650,000 to the employment ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... that, itself, was confirmed a few days later by the greater than expected increase in US non-farm payrolls in March. US employment surged by 916,000 during the month following an upwardly revised 468,000 addition in jobs in February. This is the largest ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
There's good news and bad news in the US labour market report for July. First, the good news: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has also called on the financial services industry to aim to include procurement targets in their Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) development. The Indigenous-led not-for-profit promoting financial literacy made the call ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... on the 5th of June offered something concrete to bet investors' bottom dollar on. There's a V in there. US employment increased by 2.5 million in the month of May, a sharp V-shaped rebound from the 20.7 million jobs lost in the previous month ...

Economic impact worst since WWII: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest shock to the Australian economy since World War II, according to Roy Morgan. New analysis from the research house confirms Australia is facing the biggest single hit to its economy and workforce ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... the July rate cut announcement (from US$0.6967 one day before the announcement). 'Twas only after the strong US employment report (that reduced Fed expectations for a 50 bps cut in July) that sent the A$ back down to US$0.6971. This has also reduced ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... the inverted US yield curve predicting a looming recession. This has been underscored by the latest disappointing US employment report - up by 75,000 in May, sharply lower than the 224,000 increase in April and expectations for a 185,000 gain. The uncertainty ...
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