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Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... domestic economy. As the RBA has pointed over the past few months, "One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Growth in household income remains low, debt levels are high and some asset prices have declined." "Growth ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... accumulating further". "Australia's housing market is a source of vulnerabilities due to elevated prices and related household debt. A direct hit to the financial sector from a wave of mortgage defaults is unlikely. "However, if house prices collapse ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... quarterly decline in imports - itself, a negative because it underscores the weakness in the country's domestic demand. Household consumption's contribution to GDP growth declined to just 0.2% in the September quarter from 0.5% in the June quarter ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... 2018-19." Still, the RBA's also correct in printing that: "One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Growth in household income remains low, debt levels are high and some asset prices have declined." "Growth in ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... slowdown led by China and melting emerging markets, Brexit, wobbly share markets and on the domestic front, record high household debt levels, stagnant wages growth, declining property prices and weak consumer spending. The rise in capex expectations ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... of the RBA's 2%-3% target band. And then, there's the risk of falling property prices which, along with high household debt levels, both institutions consider a macroeconomic risk. Given current forecasts, it'll be a brave RBA that'll ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... solar plants. In August, Financial Standard reported SUSI was looking to acquire Australian renewable assets and raise capital for two funds from Aussie investors. This was according to SUSI Partners chief investment officer Marco van Deale. "The Queensland ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Trump's tax cuts, China's version will boost consumers' disposable income that, in turn, would generate increased household consumption and shore up the economy. Household consumption accounts for about 39% of Chinese GDP. This compares with ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... for the households in the future," he said. Since inception, the fund has earned $85 billion from $60.5 billion of seed capital.

EU to offer cross-border pension scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... bulk of these savings are held in bank accounts with short maturities, the draft regulation said. More investment into capital markets can therefore help meet challenges posed by population ageing and low interest rates. The product, the EU said, was ...