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HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... instrumental its growth," Fittler said. "It means HLB is well placed to assist businesses seeking to do more international trade."

Charter Hall extends JV, makes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Asia-Pacific region. "Demand for logistics in Australia is underpinned by growth in e-commerce, increasing international trade and the resilience of non-discretionary retail spending," he said. "This will provide our investors an attractive distribution ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... them with custom duties of up to 80%. Sure, sure, China could cite all the laws, rules and regulations of international trade to back its recent vindictive action against Australia. For that's what it is - retaliation against Australian Prime Minister ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... deterioration in the labour market going forward. Similarly, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Feb 2020" report underscores the trade effect of the coronavirus. Australia's trade ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... competitive advantage, used by economists everywhere to extol the virtue of open borders and the gains from international trade. Sure, it works from the point of view of cost reduction, greater efficiency and productivity and the ultimate aim of a capitalist ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... takes, the more countries will keep their borders closed and their domestic communities in lockdowns, freezing international trade, business operations and shopping by households - all integral to the normal functioning of the economic system. Most economists ...

Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... tilted to the downside. Language around trade and technology disputes modified slightly to note impact on international trade flows, in addition to the impact on business investment. Repeats that domestic growth has been lower-than-expected in H1 and ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... support consumer spending, business investment, and public confidence, it cannot provide a settled rulebook for international trade." Not to mention central banks' limited firepower given the prevailing low (even negative) target interest rates in ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... acknowledged that there were lingering risks and uncertainties about the global economy in general, and about international trade in particular, but they viewed those risks as having diminished over the intermeeting period. In addition, they viewed the ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... consumer spending - due to lacklustre wages growth and high household debt levels - and the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient slowdown in China and global economic growth. They're ...