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US GDP to contract 6.5%: Fed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... outlook," he said. "Higher long-end yields and steeper curves had reflected abating deflation fears (with some medium-term inflation risk), and confidence that the policy authorities have the economic challenges of the COVID-19 crisis in hand whether ...

Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... 3.5% in 2022; the unemployment rate to rise to 9.3% in 2020 and decline to 6.5% in 2021 and 5.5% in 2022; the PCE price inflation would decelerate from 1.4% in 2019 to 0.8% in 2020 before speeding up to 1.6% in 2021 and 1.7% in 2022." As chair Jerome ...

BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Composite Bond ETF (IAF) will go from charging 20 bps per year in management fees to 15bps. Both iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) and iShares Treasury ETF (IGB) will go from 26bps to 18bps each. "We are constantly evaluating our ETF range to solve ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... March 2020) before recovering to +5.2% in 2021 (from +1.3%) and +3.3% in 2022 (from 1.4%). The ECB also lowered its HICP inflation predictions from 1.2% in 2019 to 0.3% in 2020 (from the 1.1% forecast in March 2020), before climbing to 0.8% in 2021 (from ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Lowe indicated the target will remain in place until progress is being made towards the goals for full employment and inflation. "The bank's market operations are continuing to support a high level of liquidity in the Australian financial system," ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... year." "...the unemployment rate peaks at around 10% over coming months and is still above 7% at the end of next year." "Inflation remains below 2% over the next few years... expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter... Further out, in ...

Red tape to slow recovery: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... will maintain its expansionary settings until progress is being made towards full employment and we are confident that inflation will be sustainably within the 2-3% target band."

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... have also been severely shifted during the coronavirus crisis, with corporate earnings, default rates and medium-term inflation expectations all pointing to a more bearish outlook. "The global equity market sell-off earlier in the year had mechanically ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... - the COVID-19 pandemic lopped another 3.4% (annualised) off the economy. So much so that Japan's consumer price inflation measures have U-turned away from the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) ever-so-elusive 2.0% target. The country's annual headline ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... downturn is unique in that it is attributable to the virus and the steps taken to limit its fallout. This time, high inflation was not a problem. There was no economy-threatening bubble to pop and no unsustainable boom to bust. "While the economic response ...