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Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... not suggest we are making any inroads into the economy's spare capacity. Given this, the possibility of lower interest rates remains on the table. "It is not unrealistic to expect a further reduction in the cash rate as the Board seeks to wind back ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... towards a rate cut instead. However, the stimulus derived from other major central banks' move towards lower interest rates (and fiscal relaxation in the case of China) should, in time, reverse the downward momentum in global economic growth that ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... said. "At the same time... the board considered what was best for the overall economy. Our judgement is that lower interest rates will help the economy as a whole. "In time, we would expect the lower exchange rate and the boost to disposable income to ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... (and design) of their equilibrium-restoring function. Central banks in slowing economies are compelled to lower interest rates; directly or indirectly impacting the value of their respective currencies. With America 'relatively' doing much better ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... with the target. Given this assessment, at our meeting in two weeks' time, we will consider the case for lower interest rates," he said. To be sure, domestic economic and survey indicators have been weakening in recent months. Foremost of which is ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... a March meeting: "A few participants observed that the appropriate path for policy, insofar as it implied lower interest rates for longer periods of time, could lead to greater financial stability risks." Take a boat ride across the Atlantic, and you'll ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... compared with today, but the lesson from 2011 is that the RBA's non-pro-active response forced it to lower interest rates by more than it should if only it paid attention to the slowing employment growth trend. The RBA conducted a succession of interest ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... report, labelling it cyclical. It is slowing but it's not going to throw Australia into a recession or lead to lower interest rates in the next nine to 12 months, she added.

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... persist, then calls for steady RBA monetary policy through to late 2020 will be proved correct. If not, "...lower interest rates might be appropriate at some point. We have the flexibility to do this if needed." - Philip Lowe

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... gauge its exact contribution given the contemporaneous accommodative ECB policies of asset purchases and lower interest rates plus, the general lift in the global economies back then. Still, it would be a good backstop (if necessary) to the end of QE ...