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RBA names new chief economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... Tax Centre. She's also played a key role in establishing the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Australian offices at Oxford Economics, where she ultimately ascended to the position of chief economist. "I am delighted that Sarah will be joining us," RBA governor ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... billion of sterling, euro and dollar multi-asset portfolios for Coutts UK and other banks. In 2012, Astorri joined Oxford Economics and held the title of head of investor scenario service before moving to Australia's largest superannuation fund.

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Equity markets appeared to be immune several weeks after COVID-19 first made global headlines - it was known as "novel coronavirus" then - with the S&P 500 index and the S&P/ASX 200 index, among others, even hitting record highs. Even heavily-hit China's ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Trump must be fuming and scratching his golden hair. Not that China retaliated ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... writing: "Imposing tariffs on all U.S/China trade would reduce global gross domestic product by 0.5% by 2020, Oxford Economics chief U.S. economist Gregory Daco said in a research note Thursday, adding: "if the bilateral tensions spiral into a full-blown ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... inflation rate of unemployment) should have been exerting upward pressure on wages and by extension, inflation. Oxford Economics estimate the US NAIRU at 4.3%, the OECD has it at 4.9% and closer the home, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis places ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... isn't lifting despite the US unemployment rate (4.4% in June) falling below estimates of NAIRU (4.9% OECD; 4.5% Oxford Economics) over the past months. It could be because of wages' lagged response. It could also be because the NAIRU for the US is now ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... it's still below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by the OECD (4.9%) and Oxford Economics (4.5%). The increase in the average workweek to 34.5 hours in June from 34.4 hours in the previous month indicates further ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... jobless rate has broken below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by both Oxford Economics (4.5%) the OECD (4.9%). But instead of lifting, US core CPI inflation eased to 1.7% in May from 2.3% in January (unemployment ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... lifting profits and by extension, business investment in plant, equipment, and staff. This is underscored by Oxford Economics' data that showed world private consumption growth rising from around 2.1% in 2014 (when oil was around US$110) to a high of ...
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