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Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... three quarters to end with a 5% expansion this year and return to pre-pandemic levels by the first quarter of 2022. "CPI inflation is currently below the MPC's 2% target, largely reflecting the direct and indirect effects of Covid-19. As temporary ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... the end of 2022." Lowe added that wages and price pressures have also remained subdued. Whilst he acknowledged both inflation and wage growth is expected to pick up, he expects it to be slow. The RBA board believes wage growth and inflation will remain ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... defensive assets remain the same. The distribution frequency has also changed from quarterly to monthly. "The after inflation return that can be achieved from 'low risk' investments, such as government bonds, are now at historically low levels," ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... something close to normal," Mr Porter said. "The conventional wisdom has been that the Fed's new 2 per cent average-inflation goal would readily allow the economy to run hot for longer. That view is going to be at least partially in doubt if we see ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2% and is on track to moderately exceed 2% for some time." "In addition, the Federal Reserve will continue to ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation growth decelerated from the 1.6% quarterly rate in the September quarter to 0.9% in the three-months to December 2020. It ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... is consistent with subdued cross-border tourism and business travel until transmission declines everywhere." As for inflation, it noted: "Even with the anticipated recovery in 2021-22, output gaps are not expected to close until after 2022. Consistent ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... that the time to raise interest rates is no time soon, and that the Fed won't hike rates unless it sees troubling inflation and imbalances. He also said that the Fed won't tie itself to any particular formula when inflation rises to the 2% target ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... effects of the bond purchases on the economy and on market functioning, as well as the evolving outlook for jobs and inflation," the RBA said. "The board is prepared to do more if necessary." Speaking to the media shortly before the release of the job ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... chair Jerome Powell assured markets that the central bank would not raise interest rates soon unless it foresees rising inflation or imbalances in the economy. In her confirmation hearing, US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen declared that with ...