Tennis, Twitter and his phone: Josh Frydenberg’s vices
What’s the one vice the Treasurer wants to give up? His phone.
- by Jennifer Duke
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Superannuation
Government rejects plan to help mums get super on paid parental leave
Ministers ultimately decided the plan wouldn’t have a big enough impact for the amount of money required.
- by Katina Curtis and Jennifer Duke
Economic forecasting during the pandemic and what no one saw coming
US baseball great Yogi Berra is often quoted as saying “it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future”. Scope panellists know this all too well.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
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Australian economy
Mortgage repayments and inflation risks rise but joblessness to improve
Homeowners will be hit with higher mortgage repayments while workers’ pay rises will be eaten up by inflation until next year, economists believe, despite low unemployment.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
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Federal budget
Budget red ink here to stay, economists say
Australia once had negative net debt. Now it’s on track for $900 billion and economists say it will never be paid off.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Economy rebounds to pre-COVID level but war and floods risk recovery
The economy is now almost 3.4 per cent larger than in late 2019 ahead of the pandemic, but the geopolitical environment and natural disasters may hurt the recovery.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
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Interest rates
RBA warns on Ukraine uncertainty, holds rates despite expected growth
The Reserve Bank has warned the war in Ukraine is a “major new source of uncertainty” for the global economy as it kept official interest rates on hold at 0.1 per cent.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Australia commits $105m to support Ukraine against Putin’s ‘outrageous objectives’
Scott Morrison warned Russia is likely to have a “more violent” response due to the resistance from the international community against the invasion of Ukraine.
- by Jennifer Duke
Sydney and Melbourne house prices did not grow in February: CoreLogic
Sydney and Melbourne are in the middle of the sharpest property boom slowdown in the country with both cities recording no house price growth in February as mortgage rates start to rise.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
‘Heartbreaking and senseless’: Australian investors divest from Russia
Super funds, banks and investors are condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and pulling hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s corporates.
- by Charlotte Grieve, Jennifer Duke and Nick Toscano
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Interest rates
RBA to gradually increase rates to avoid mortgage shock, top economists predict
An increase in household debt through the COVID-19 recession will weigh heavily on any decision taken by Reserve Bank.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
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