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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... unnecessary fees and insurance costs. It introduced fee adjustments, moved inactive accounts with low balances to the Australian Taxation Office, and required the cancellation of insurance on inactive accounts not receiving contributions for 16 months. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... extended. The RBA explained its QE taper thus: "The bond purchase program is playing an important role in supporting the Australian economy. The bank will continue to purchase bonds given that we remain some distance from the inflation and employment ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Australian economic and survey releases over the past week continued to paint a picture of a strengthening recovery. However, the rosy results preceded the outbreak of the Delta variant that prompted lockdowns and/or tightened restrictions in major ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
Australia's economy, just like its US and European counterparts, is progressing nicely, thank you very much. "Australian private sector growth eases from record but remains elevated," sums up Markit Economics' findings for the month of May. ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... expansion with a reading of 56.8 in March. Markit Economics' PMI survey is consistent with the findings of the Australian Industry Group (AiG) surveys. The AiG performance of manufacturing and services indices rose to three-year high readings of ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Canberra sparked by that tiny micro-organism. As such, China had imposed trade restrictions, quotas, bans or whatever on Australian imports. So much so, that latest international merchandise trade data show that total exports to China dropped by 8% in ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... latest Budget Papers assumed ore prices at US$55/tonne. So far this year, it's averaged more than US$100/tonne. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is correct in stating that: "The relationship with China is a mutually beneficial one. It supports ...

Underinsurance gap worsens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The underinsurance gap has broadened compared to three years ago, new Rice Warner research finds. Over the last 18 months, a slew of government regulation as well as unforeseen circumstances have contributed to more Australians being underinsured. This ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... becomes especially crucial at a time when the Morrison government is poised to deliver more fiscal stimulus to the Australian economy. The continued buoyancy in iron ore prices offer it extra spending power. In its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Australia's doing better relative to our peers. Comparing apples with apples (pun intended), the 6.3% contraction in the Australian economy in the year to the June quarter is small beer compared to the regression in national output in our bigger ...
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