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Chief economist update: Fed heads for the mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... August 27 at the Hole, US Federal Reserve chair virtually buried the Philips Curve - the inverse correlation between inflation and the unemployment rate - by announcing that henceforth, the Fed is switching from a point target of 2% inflation to achieving ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The long-run rise in household indebtedness has increased concerns about the risks this poses globally to banking sectors and economies more broadly, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In a new paper titled How Risky is Australian Household ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... need about five years for the gross domestic product (GDP) to return to pre-pandemic levels" and that "Core consumer inflation will hover in slightly negative territory for about three years". Japan's annual core inflation rate stood at zero in July. ...

Vision Super revises investment strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... returns. "In our view, the massive increase in debt levels in response to the pandemic increases the likelihood of more inflation in the medium to long term, which would be detrimental for bond returns," Wyrsch said. "Finding assets for defensive roles ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... time to borrow. Based on Factset data, Australia can issue 30-year government bonds at just 1.75% -- accounting for inflation, that's practically free money. But as the Chair of the Economics Committee Tim Wilson asked: "Is one of the core reasons ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... several participants suggested that additional accommodation could be required to promote economic recovery and return inflation to the Committee's 2% objective. Some participants observed that, due to the nature of the shock that the U.S. economy ...

Sunsuper announces investment, insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... index option was aiming to closely match the return of the performance benchmark, while its new objective is to beat inflation over 10 years by 3.25% for their Super-savings account and Transition to retirement income account and 3.75% for their Retirement ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... of valuation. "To assess fair value, the CAPE should be adjusted for other conditions such as real interest rates and inflation expectations, and both are well anchored at present," Geysen said. "On the other hand, earnings growth in the US has expanded ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... time instead. That's not all. Wages growth might be the lowest in 22 years but... real wages growth (wages less inflation) is presumably also the highest over that timeframe. The annual growth in real total wages jumped to 2.6% in the June quarter ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... environment is inflationary risk, bfinance said. "While reduced demand for goods in the short-to-medium term will dampen inflation, there are fears of an inflationary scenario in which central banks are unable to hike interest rates due to the unprecedented ...