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Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Australia's (RBA) rate hikes last year, with a backdrop of a continuing population boom, UBS has slightly increased its GDP growth forecast. UBS projects a year-over-year GDP growth of 1.6% for 2024, up from the initial 1.5%, and an increase to 2.2% ...

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... merits as a place for private capital investment." Prasad said private capital currently contributes round 3% to Australia's GDP, but has the potential to double that. "The challenge for Australia, in a globally competitive market for patient capital ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... falling company cashflows are the biggest risks to the downside," Birtles said. He also noted that with 1.5% annual real GDP growth in 2023, Australia experienced its third worst annual reading in 30 years, worse than during the GFC, but ahead of the ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... with more to come in 2025. "That is despite recent upside inflation surprises as well as upward revisions to both its GDP growth and inflation forecasts. This is a Fed that wants to reduce interest rates," Principal Asset Management chief global strategist ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... is followed by Switzerland (36%), South Korea (27%), Japan (25%), and Hong Kong (14%). Australians' nest egg pitted against GDP also increased drastically, with the ratios for Australia, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan jumping 37, 36, 27 and 24 percentage ...

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 ...

Government reports improved fiscal outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... This approach has led to a decrease in deficits and public debt projections, with gross debt expected to peak at 35.4% of GDP in 2027-28 before declining. "We will avoid $145 billion over 12 years to 2033-34 in interest costs on the debt we inherited ...

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... 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 for the ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... to buy more time and further assess the impacts of previous hikes. Since, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed GDP increased by 0.4% in the June quarter, mainly offset by exports and investments. While the recent pause may have caused temporary ...

Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... employment growth rate also decreased to 2.8% from over 3% at the beginning of 2023, reflecting the broader slowdown in GDP growth. Reaching a low of 3.4% in October 2022, the current unemployment rate of 3.7% is around the lowest levels since 1974. ...
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