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Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... pressure on growth and inflation - the RBA will have no option but to cut rates in response to policy actions by other central banks. And cut it would again.

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Super "whatever it takes" Mario Draghi's final outing as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) came and went without much fanfare. The ECB kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... Agency. The comments come after China banned all cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings in 2017, with the nations' central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), working on its own digital currency. The sharp rise in bitcoin saw its value jump to ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest survey data disprove Reserve Bank ...

New board positions for J.P.Morgan, CBA executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Australia in July this year. Knox had served as AFMA chair since November 2016. Bedwell said: "Effective financial markets are central to a successful economy, as they facilitate the saving, investment and risk management activities that propel economic ...

RBA downplays likelihood of further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... economy and a step closer to the RBA's full employment aim of 4.5%. Speaking in Washington to the IMF, Lowe said that the central banks rate cuts and government tax cuts have been effective at supporting the domestic economy. "The economy has been through ...

First Sentier bolsters responsible investment team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... Oulton said. "The investment teams' commitment to incorporating ESG principles across their processes and strategies is central to their investment approach, and underpins our corporate identity. Oulton added First Sentier's strategic approach to responsible ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... this very uncertainty over Brexit that is working in the Bank of England's (BOE) favour. It's one of the very few central banks that's forward guiding monetary policy towards higher interest rates (albeit "gradual and limited") at a time ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... prevailed in early September 2019." Quantitative easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing assets with newly created bank reserves in order to provide banks with ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Just as the clamour among central banks for fiscal policy aid continue to grow - recently supported by prescriptions from international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ...