Posts tagged "treasury"

As SMEs across Sydney count the cost of yet another flood disaster, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed the nation's top economic department will resume its modelling of the risks posed by climate change.

ACCC boss Gina Cass-Gottlieb should be wary about raising expectations in the wake of the extraordinary focus on her utterly expected inquiry into electricity pricing.

There is no guarantee America will lean into a recession, the nation's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says, as spiking inflation and dwindling consumer confidence stoke fears of a broad-scale downturn.

So you can try your monetary mettle at home, here’s what a formal interview for the deputy governor role might look like, complete with suggested answers so you can test yourself.

It’s federal budget season, and the nation’s small businesses are pondering whether there’s any good news on the horizon for what’s shaping up to be another challenging year.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hasn’t “made any final decision” on the $7.8 billion per year low and middle income tax offset ahead of next month’s budget.

While policymakers didn’t necessarily foresee the sudden emergence of a more transmissible, less virulent strain of COVID-19, some experts say we could have been better prepared to face the economic havoc created by Omicron.

Changes to the federal government’s consumer data right mean third parties can now be asked to initiate actions on behalf of businesses and consumers with their consent.

The federal government has named competition and antitrust litigator Gina Cass-Gottlieb as the incoming chair of the competition regulator.

Treasury says clawing back billions worth of JobKeeper payments would have “muted the recovery” from COVID-19.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have thrown the most important findings of the banking royal commission under a bus.

When JobKeeper ended at the end of March, it looked like a mere blip in employment. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been damage.