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Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... COVID-19," they said. "Brazil had been emerging from recession when confronted by this crisis. With demand for its commodities exports - chief among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been overwhelmed." Similarly, neither Indonesia ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... near enough" to nurse the economy back to health. "Even if we lifted all of its restrictions right now, demand for our exports would remain at global recession levels, pushing our economy backwards," they said. "Adding to the case for enormous extra ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... for a lot of bother. This is because not only is out numero uno export market on the ropes (buying 32.7% of our total exports as at 2019), the second - Japan (9%) - third - South Korea (5%) - fourth, fifth and down the line are also in line for contractions ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... February. Good news as Australia's trade account remains in surplus. But details show this was because of a 5% drop in exports over the month and a 4% decline in imports. International lockdowns have practically closed down export markets for Australian ...

Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... too, might change." The analysis applied a series of "shocks" to the world economy, to see how Australia would fare if exports; including tourism, higher education and commodities, were delayed. These include productivity loss from workers withdrawing ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... government's lifting of the consumption tax rate from 8% to 10% in October. Business investment dropped by 3.7% and while net exports contributed 0.5 percentage points to fourth quarter GDP, this is due to a 10.1% tumble in imports and a 0.4% decline ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... external trade account. China is the country's top export market - accounting for around 33% of Australia's total exports. Australia's exports account would also suffer from the drop in commodity prices hit by the slowing China growth outlook. ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... the current stance of monetary policy will likely remain appropriate". This is because while "business investment and exports were weak, largely reflecting sluggish growth abroad and trade developments... the fundamentals supporting household spending ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... global growth." "The easing of monetary policy...has also had an effect on the exchange rate, which boosts demand for our exports. So, it is working." Then again, if easier monetary policy is working, why are many economists and the financial markets ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... economy, assisting the growth of Australian companies and startups, creating employment opportunities and increasing our exports," Hedley said. "However the hard figures do not account for the longer-term economic and other benefits of the scheme." Hedley ...