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Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... and then a follow-up reduction to 1.75%-2% - with 49.6% probability from just 8.6% one month ago. How Fed chairman Jerome Powell prepares the world for an upcoming policy reversal - from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to whoops, we've ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... Advisers' National Roadshow yesterday, financial adviser and 2018 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award winner Donna Lee Powell shared how personal tragedy changed her professional attitude. Powell estimates advisers are losing up to 80% of their female ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... seizure that produced the 'Great Recession' of a decade ago. So what gives? US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at his press conference after the FOMC's March meeting. Powell warned below-target inflation is "one of the major challenges ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... - headline and core PCE price index below target at 1.5% and 1.6% in the year to March, respectively. In his Q&A, chair Powell stressed the decision to trim the interest rate on excess reserves (IOER) to 2.35% from 2.4% was just a "technical adjustment" ...

Pension fund acquires telco

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... operations that rely on connectivity for business. Head of private markets for the Universities Superannuation Scheme Mike Powell said: "We believe that KCOM is a high-quality business that is well-placed to grow and thrive under private ownership and ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... argue against Trump and Kudlow's prescriptions. The rising divergence between inflation and employment is what keeps Powell up at night, not the president and his economic adviser.

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... back at what I foresee as the re-starting of the engines of global growth, we'll all know that this started with the Powell pause. Yes Virginia, I've turned into Dr. Doom's (Nouriel Roubini's) mini-me since the second half of 2018. How ...

New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... the Royal Commission. Speaking at the Sydney leg of a nationwide adviser roadshow, Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said the firm was well positioned to take advantage of the scrutiny placed on existing life insurers, by building a new entrant ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... economic conditions and the outlook evolve." Talk about Donald Rumsfeld's "known knowns". For those who missed it, Powell will do a re-run tonight when he stands before the Committee on Financial Services in the House of Representatives. Also inferred ...