Wayne Swan

As Labor approaches the second anniversary of its election win, Treasurer Wayne Swan is talking about climate change as economic experts forecast another interest rate rise before Christmas. Official business investment data due out this...

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...assessment by Reserve Bank assistant governor Guy Debelle will reduce pressure on banks to toe the line of Treasurer Wayne Swan if he repeats previous demands that they keep their rate rises in line with increases in the cash rate. With...

In this article: Bad debt, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Sydney, and Australia

...rate from 5.64 per cent to 5.74 per cent in June to bring it into line with that of the National Australia Bank, the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said it was unjustified and could endanger the effort needed to sustain economic recovery. His...

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...latest OECD Economic Outlook provides further evidence that Australia is outperforming the rest of the advanced world, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. In its latest report released on Thursday, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

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...the engine room of prosperity and training will be the driving force behind Australia's economic recovery, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Mr Swan told an audience in Canberra on Wednesday the government, through its stimulus measures, had...

In this article: Unemployment, Australia, Recession, and Canberra

Treasurer Wayne Swan will be launching a new expert study on infrastructure when he meets his APEC counterparts in Singapore on Thursday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers meeting will discuss how the region...

In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Global recession, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Australia, and Singapore

...number which at some point in time could roil financial markets somewhat." Particularly if the US economy picked up, Mr Hale said Wayne Swan would come under "tremendous pressure" by March or April next year to accelerate the withdrawal of...

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...it was not right the benefits of banking successes are reaped by a few and the costs of failures by everyone. Mr Swan declined to say if he supported the idea. ''We'll see what the IMF has got to say about that proposal,'' he said. ''But...

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G20 finance ministers issue caution with recovery tipped to be sluggish FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says it is entirely appropriate for the government to continue with its economic stimulus given a "sobering" global backdrop. Mr Swan,...

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...with recommendations that are evidence-based and built on sound, best practice tax policy," Mr Swan told a conference in Melbourne today. He said he did not expect the review to contain draft legislation. "We'll consider its recommendation...

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