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PYSP queries inundate super funds

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... not been able to get hold of a representative since joining a month ago. "Every time I have called I am dropped after 20 minutes on hold. It's now end of financial year and I have not achieved what I needed to so will be out of pocket thousands come ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... and low (even easing) inflation. For all intents and purposes, the Fed's "policy of patience" - reinforced in the minutes of its May FOMC meeting - can be considered the correct approach. Everything comes to him who waits. The data-dependent Fed ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... the same in RBA governor Philip Lowe's speech before the Economics Society of Australia on May 21 and later, in the minutes of the RBA's board meeting. I could live with two or three, even four interest rate reductions. The thing is, they don't ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Fed funds rate would remain on ice at least not until 2019 becomes 2020. The Fed is aware of this as published in the minutes of a March meeting: "A few participants observed that the appropriate path for policy, insofar as it implied lower interest ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... forward guidance of a pause was sufficient to lift the animal spirits among equity investors. It reaffirmed this in the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... 0.7% from 0.8% in January and after peaking at 1% in October last year. The latest forward guidance from the Fed - the minutes of the 19-20 March FOMC meeting reaffirmed its commitment to leave interest rates on hold this year - and a similar one from ...

Budget 2019-20: Social media reacts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ignited mixed reactions on social media when he handed down the 2019-20 Budget tonight. Here's what Twitter accounts had to say. The Liberals boasted achieving a Budget surplus - the first in over a decade. #BREAKING ...

Adelaide to get cash-to-crypto trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... order online and then they can deposit cash at a newsagency. They'll receive the bitcoin in their digital wallet within minutes. Zhou indicated Adelaide and South Australia were chosen for the launch of Binance Lite for a reason. He said: "Australia ...

Banks must prioritise NPP, says Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... the infrastructure project have not yet materialised. The system allows consumers to make money transfers that settle in minutes. It also allows money to be transferred without entering a BSB or account number, instead using mobile numbers or email addresses ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release the minutes of its March 5 board meeting - when it decided to keep interest rates unchanged at a record low 1.5% - today. I imagine that the men and women of the RBA board would have discussed the slowing ...