Listener Lew asks: This might be a stupid question but can unemployment ever get close to 0%? Wouldn’t that be classed as ‘full employment’? Would appreciate a simplified explanation, if there is one.

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Listener Andy asks: I work very hard, you work very hard, pretty much everyone I know works very hard. Can you tell my why Australia's productivity levels are considered very low please?

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Australia’s big banks are under pressure over their role in the energy transition - and fund manager Australian Ethical is now set to confront Westpac and NAB with resolutions at their AGMs.

Alison George, Head of Impact and Ethics at Australian Ethical, talks to Sean Aylmer about why the resolutions are necessary, suggesting Westpac has made no progress in the last 12 months.

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Listener Rachel asks: Why aren’t Australia’s interest rates as volatile as other parts of the world? The US, New Zealand - we’ve seen big moves up, but equally big moves down. Why does the same not happen here?

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Listener Daniel asks: Why do we still have 3 year terms for the prime minister. I know Albo has pushed for 4 years but even then, I feel like that isn’t enough. It encourages short sighted plans because its results driven so they can get re-elected. But 3-4 years sometimes isn’t enough if you really want to plan for proper change. Could a 6 year term work?

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Listener Linus asks: Each weekday the markets refer to the ASX open via the ASX/SPI futures [futures contracts]. But what are the actual futures contracts - what constitutes "futures contracts" and what do they measure? Or perhaps more correctly, how do the futures manifest themselves as a points measurement? I'm presuming there is an index that allows a "points" measure to be compared on a moving basis day to day.

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Listener Zaid asks: How can people invest in the dollar and how does the price fluctuate? For example if i have aussie dollar in my bank, and the price increases for aussie dollar, does my bank account balance go up, or can i exchange more dollar and get more value if i exchange it to US dollar? 

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Listener Michael asks: Is there a difference in the sort of metrics or data betting markets and pollsters use in arriving at their prediction? In the US elections betting markets were confidently pointing towards one direction and the polls seemed to indicate a close race.

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Listener Charlotte asks: Some news reports cover the markets by talking about the ASX200, but others focus on the All Ords. What's the difference?

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Listener Phil asks: What's the point of AGMs anymore? Previously they seemed to be for the retail investors, the mums and dads to go along and have their say. Now the big investors like super funds have so much sway that they don't even need an AGM to get their point across. Is there still value in an AGM?

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