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RBA's Debelle named deputy governor
Guy Debelle has been named the Reserve Bank of Australia's new deputy governor, stepping into a vacancy created by the elevation of Philip Lowe to the central bank's top job.
Guy Debelle has been named the Reserve Bank of Australia's new deputy governor, stepping into a vacancy created by the elevation of Philip Lowe to the central bank's top job.
New investment intentions figures point to a shocking year ahead with mining investment down 22 per cent, manufacturing investment flat, and other investment down 16 per cent.
The great thing about the Australian Bureau of Statistics' private fixed capital survey is that it records more than the past.
You might remember being given a nickname at school or as you took up your apprenticeship.
Business investment tumbled again last quarter as miners continued to cut back following their decade-long boom.
When she first started in business, Singtel's chief executive Chua Sock Koong used to get mistaken for the secretary standing by to serve the tea.
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says governments are "running out of shots" to protect against any future financial shocks.
Australian retail spending was flat in July, official figures show, which missed economists' expectations.
The strength of Australia's jobs market is being overstated by a surge in casual positions and an inability by workers to secure more hours.
The tax revenue wars have begun - and Australia may join the fight soon.
Australia's fiscal position is becoming increasingly untenable, even if current debt and deficit metrics remain low by global standards, TD Securities warns.
What does New Zealand have in common with Iceland? Both outrank Australia in innovation. In fact, Australia lags well behind the likes of Japan, Canada and Finland.
China has returned to reform mode.
If foreign investment in Australian businesses is so unpopular with so many people, why do we persist with it?
Unemployment is at its lowest level since September 2013. But that doesn't tell the full story about the current state of the labour market.
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Now he tells us. Within days of his appointment as treasurer last year Scott Morrison rashly assured us he faced "a spending problem, not a revenue problem".
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Senior men in Australian business were twice as likely to rank other men over women as effective problem solvers, despite believing that women were as capable as men in delivering outcomes.
The Reserve Bank gets it right by ignoring its target. Could it be time for a better one?
Bega Cheese lashes Murray Goulburn for putting profit before farmers.
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Imagine a world where Australia produces little goods and services that may be taxed, and at the same time, loses out on billions of dollars of mining company revenue to China and India.
By 2025 Australians may well see the application of artificial intelligence in the preparation of tax returns, according to a report by KPMG.
Consumer confidence has hit a near-three year high, buoyed by good news from the jobs, stock and housing markets.
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Senate powerbroker will move next week to upend the traditional contract between the treasurer and the governor of the Reserve Bank.
Everyone accepts the importance of innovation and agile thinking but, as with most professions, it doesn't come easy to economic practitioners.
If our business leaders thought more about people and less about profits, there would be less of a disconnect between what those in the community and the corporate world think.
We need to make this work, for everyone's sake.
The sharing economy already has your car and your house earmarked. Now for your spag bol.
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