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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Zealanders for recording 100 days of zero infection - 102 to be exact - came reports of four new infections, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to impose Stage 3 restrictions. Despite Ardern's swift and tough action, four has become 49, and ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... forecasting becomes futile. This is best exemplified by the piece I published yesterday, praising New Zealand and her prime minister Jacinda Ardern's win versus the virus. You would have had it on your monitors around lunchtime yesterday. It was ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... recorded case of coronavirus infection - 'twas way back on May 1 when New Zealand reported the last infection. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's tough measures worked but our Kiwi brethren must also be congratulated for not invoking their "human ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... and it's not hard to imagine that Victoria will have a problem greater than Houston. But just as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared: "We're all Victorians now because we're all Australians". The country's other five states ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Senator Jane Hume has called out former Prime Minister Paul Keating over his criticism of the government's Early Release of Super scheme, calling him elitist. Taking to Twitter, Hume implied the former Prime Minister was part of an elite upper-echelon ...

Government introduces pandemic payment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... was placed in a stage four lockdown that will see thousands of non-essential workers without work from Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government needed to respond to this on the basis that they provide support in a disaster. "This ...

Spend your money how you please: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
The Prime Minister has said it is not the government's place to tell Australians how to spend the money they have removed from super due to the Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme. Speaking at a press conference Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the ...

Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Goldman Sachs reaches a US$2.5 billion deal with the Malaysian government over allegations it had helped former prime minister Najib Razak steal over RM 2.67 billion (~$880 million) from the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. By accepting the deal ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... The COVID-19 pandemic has instead, in a few short months, turned it redder than red. Might as well because the Prime Minister and the Federal Treasurer and the Finance Minister aren't allowed to shake hands or backslap one another due to social distancing ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Businesses and individuals will continue to receive additional government support beyond September, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing an extension to the stimulus support package. JobKeeper is set to be extended until March 2021 and has ...