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CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.1% in the March quarter and 5.1% annually - the greatest increases since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. The growth, revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, came ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... 20. Markets have been shaken by the recent hostilities, including a revenge-style attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq. Thankfully, markets rebounded overnight after Trump stated that Iran was "standing down", indicating there would be no armed ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The price of Brent oil went up ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... tensions between the United States and Iran are not a new development the significant escalation following a US drone strike in Iraq, which killed Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani, has caused concerns over the effect on global markets. Moody's ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Brexit has become less uncertain - marred by renewed war (the real war) tensions between the US and Iran. A US airstrike in Iraq on January 4 killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... sued the UK Ministry of Defence for sex discrimination and failing to acknowledge her role in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq. She won the landmark case and the high-profile news story helped precipitate new laws protecting the rights of women and ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... But it is early now, things will be clearer in November" and that "they want to make sure that countries like Nigeria and Iraq reach 100% compliance first as they have promised". But even with deeper cuts and 100% compliance from all involved, the International ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Saudi Arabia and Russia weren't pleased with US President Trump when they announced no immediate increase in oil production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
If one were to time the genesis of the recent surge in oil prices, it would have to be Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interview with Time magazine around mid-April this year when he hinted at wanting the price of crude to reach around ...

Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... the American Economic Review demonstrating the general aversion to annuities. Following US troops' return from the war in Iraq, an excess 60,000 soldiers were incentivised to retire from service early. Depending on their ranking, soldiers could choose ...
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