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Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... value of approximately $10 billion. Rural Bank chief executive Alexandra Gartmann said low interest rates, consistent commodity prices, exceptional seasonal conditions through 2020 and farmers with capital and an incentive to invest have all driven demand ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... ex-China and surging iron ore prices. The Lucky Country is getting luckier. For not only will the higher price of its major commodity export contribute to its growth renaissance, it'll also reduce Australia's budget deficit. In its Mid-Year Economic ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... the second half of this year and remain robust over the projection." "...strong growth in foreign demand and higher commodity prices are expected to drive a robust recovery in exports and business investment." Still, the BOC thinks that "the recovery ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... central bank cited the improvement in the global economic outlook - and the attendant benefit the country gets from rising commodity export prices - and hopes that the planned Trans-Tasman bubble will "support incomes and employment in the tourism sector ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, Biden has nominated Gary Gensler. Gensler served as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2009 to 2014, leading the Obama-Biden Administration's reform of the US$400 trillion swaps m ...

Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... outsource basic administration functions such as transactions processing, unit pricing and member statements as these are commodity services with low fees based on volumes," Rice Warner said. "However, most other services will be self-administered." ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... - service sector activity soars in November China's strong recovery has underpinned a whopping 69.4% rebound in commodity prices (as measured by the S&P GSCI commodity price index) from the 2020 low recorded back in April - good for Australia. Even ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... October, punctuated by significant increases in both full-time and part-time jobs; and, the surging price of our biggest commodity export - iron ore - one that's bound to reduce the budget deficit the Treasury forecast in the Budget Papers 2020/2021 ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... moderately above 2% for some time." There was also the swift recovery in China's economy that, in turn, also lifted commodity prices. Good times! The AUD likes good times. Financial markets view the AUD as a risk currency; it's sold in times ...

Pinnacle boutique to shut fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... GMO's systematic global macro team in 2017. It takes tactical positions in global stocks, fixed income, currency, commodity and volatility markets. Returns at September end were -12.79% for the year, -6.14% p.a. over two years and -5.81% p.a. since ...