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Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... it drink." Australia, we're in greater trouble now that interest rates are lower under Lowe than they were under Gov Glenn, and the horse still refuses to drink. Not even the government. Sure, the Australian government has committed to increased ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... the week sparked speculation for further easing sometime this year - perhaps, as early as the RBA's June meeting. RBA Gov Glenn and his mob don't want to get caught sleeping at the wheel, especially so when they've just lowered their inflation prediction. ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... January. With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut? And were it not for still low inflation in the country, RBA Gov Glenn and his merry men would be pondering a rate hike instead. But note that one of the positives identified by Australian ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... the low teens - and oh, Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey were still Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer, respectively. But Gov Glenn did more since. The RBA cut interest rates by a total of 50 bps last year - 25 bps in in Feb and 25 bps in May - taking the ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... overly too presumptuous, of course. But despite headline upon headlines that the "sky is falling" on Australia, the good Gov Glenn appeared unnerved... or to use his own words (last December), "chilled". At the RBA yesterday, it was a steady as she goes ...

RBA Gov on Fed lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, it seems. In his regular end-of-year tete-a-tete with the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Gov Glenn admitted, "Well, I don't know any more than you, Michael, about what they will do. I only know what's in the newspapers ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... most exciting months this year. It's as certain as sure that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would remain on hold. Gov Glenn already said so himself. "We should just chill out, come back and see what the data says." It's as certain as sure that by ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. No Virginia, Gov Glenn was speaking to us, Australians all, with regards to our expectations that the RBA would play Kris Kringle and hand us another ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... 25 bps increase in the Fed funds rate... and soon. Our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is lucky. By the time Gov Glenn and his Board meets on Tuesday next week (3 November Melbourne Cup Day), the RBA would have the whole hog on what its bigger ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... recession back then? The transmission of monetary policy finally transmitting? Businesses finally drinking the water RBA gov Glenn led them? This positive report is consistent with the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index which increased to 52.1 in ...
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