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Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook April report where it slashed its global growth projections to 3.3% this year, down from 3.5% forecast in January and from 3.7% predicted in its October 2018 outlook ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... For at the same time that news broke about Trump's planned "tour of duty" to the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its "World Economic Outlook, April" report which shaved the global GDP growth outlook to 3.3% this year - down from ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... Review's (AFR) quotable quotes from its exclusive interview of Thomas Helbling - the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lead analyst for Australia. No prizes for guessing, Helbling was talking about Australian property prices and the rising ...

Benchmark APRA against global counterparts: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... final report, the Productivity Commission's final report on superannuation and competition in the Australian financial system, IMF's Financial Stability Assessment of Australia and APRA's own internal enforcement review. "The panel should to the extent ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... consensus expectations that China's GDP growth would continue to slide from the below target rate of 6.4% in 2018 to 6.2% (IMF forecast) - 6.3% (WB and UN) this year. Latest activity data supports these predictions, underscored by the continued downtrend ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... to consider investment management as a career path," Macoun said. According to a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there is a large gap between the representation of men and women in leadership position in financial services. The 2017 global ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... confidence and demand." No, Virginia, that wasn't a misquote, it's taken from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update dated January 2018. That time, the IMF projected euro area growth of 2.0% for this year ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
What a world of difference a year makes! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just released its World Economic Outlook Update, the heading: A Weakening Global Expansion. Says it all, really...and for a synopsis: "The global expansion has weakened. ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... upped the ante on the US-China trade battle and adds to the list of challenges the world faces. One that's voiced out by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde: "There is that concern about trade...rhetoric and tariffs... the "uncertainty over how ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... moment. The reality is, these periods of volatility naturally occur in equity markets from time to time - according to the IMF, there were around 10-11 market crises every year between 1970 and 2011 alone." "However equities continue to deliver long-term ...