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COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... again reach peak earnings and valuations conditions, he argued. "Investors should keep their long term (after 2021) expectations in check. The post-coronavirus rally will eventually take us back to peak earning and near peak valuations," Lafferty said. ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... said, with the preliminary rate falling to 61.3% as of March 22. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of House Price Expectations fell to 6.6% in March, the largest monthly decline since February 2019, Peleg said. Peleg believes housing prices will ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... survey, Australians are correct to be concerned with regards to their unemployment prospect. The "unemployment expectations index" rose to a reading of 134.7 in February, up by 0.6% over the month and 12.3% over the year. I hope that I'm wrong, but ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... target over time." You, I and Irene would be dancing on the streets and singing in the rain too given the RBA's expectations for stronger domestic growth this year and the next, its promise of low interest rates for longer, and its readiness to ease ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
"Gone Fishing!" Given "current" market expectations, this would be an appropriate sign on the Fed's door. As expected, the US central bank kept monetary policy settings unchanged at the conclusion of its January FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... 1.8% in the year to the December 2019 quarter from 1.7% in the second quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, it remains below the bottom range of the RBA's 2%-3% target band. If the headline inflation measure is off target, the ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say that, it's derived from changed expectations with markets pricing in only a 24% chance of a February rate cut from 60% a day before the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... deteriorated by 5.4% and 3.7% in the month of January. There's good news in the labour market - the unemployment expectations index fell by 2.9% in the month of January from December. But the reading of 134.0 points is above its long-term average ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... weakest growth rate in 29 years, it was within the government's 6.0% - 6.5% GDP growth target and matched consensus expectations. Monthly activity data were also heartening. Year on year growth in industrial production quickened to 6.9% in December ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... financial asset prices have risen and yields have fallen sharply, but if central banks remain on hold and growth expectations improve, despite valuations looking high, markets could continue to rise," he said. "That said, after a strong run like we have ...