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Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... RBA's accommodative policy stance. Reading between the lines of Debelle's speech, the RBA won't raise interest rates until wages and household income grow faster than they have in recent times. "How much longer is wages growth going to remain ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... (BOE), I speak of. A few months before last night, the British central bank signalled that another small increase in interest rates is nigh, sparking speculations that the BOE would top up its 25 bps hike in November 2017 that took the Bank rate up to ...

Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... volatility is cause for serious investor concern. Respondents noted the top three risks they are facing are: rising interest rates (55%), volatility spikes (47%, and liquidity (36%). Most agreed rate increases were negative for overall portfolio performance ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Argentinian central bank lifted interest rates, a move intended to stem the sharp and rapid depreciation of the Argentine peso and by extension put downward pressure on inflation. Whoa! Fret not whether the Fed is going to raise interest rates by ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... respective currency's exchange rate low, the market is doing it for Australia sans a single bullet shot - a cut in in interest rates or QE - to get the same result. Only yesterday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the ...

RBA names new chief information officer

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... RBA deciding to leave the cash rate at 1.5%. Explaining this, RBA Governor Philip Lowe said: "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return to target ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... meeting produced unchanged monetary policy settings yet again, marking the 26th month of inaction. The eurozone's interest rates haven't changed - repo rate at 0.0%; deposit facility at -0.40% and marginal lending facility at 0.25% - since the ECB cut ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... the RBA's target range: 2%-3.0% inflation rate. Is it when "core inflation" reaches 2.0% that they start lifting interest rates, or would it be 3.0%? RBA Governor Philip Lowe's address to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Perth on April 11 ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... the major advanced economies is positive for the near-term, although the longer-term outlook remains challenging. Interest rates globally are poised to begin rising as the world works through surplus capacity," Costello said. "Looking forward, the board ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... rate), for instance, indicates upward pressure on wages. All else being equal, this would exert upward pressure on interest rates as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) tries to prevent wage inflation from spilling over into consumer prices. Higher interest ...