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Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... that 2021 could present a vastly different investment environment. "One that's characterised by just a bit higher inflation, and thus a bit higher interest rates as bond investors come to realize that this lower for longer forever consensus may not ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... estimated 1.0% in 2019 to 0.7% this year. Japanese GDP grew by 1.7% in the year to the third quarter. Slower growth suggests inflation would remain under the BOJ's target. The central bank could go even more negative or devalue the yen outright to ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... Fund saw a return of 15.94% last year, followed by Coolabah Active Composite Bond Strategy with 11.5% returns and Ardea Inflation Linked Bond Fund with 9.77%. "Each manager will have somewhat unique approaches - it could be via inflation, or a focus ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation returning to the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective," it said. But hold your horses. Recall the "Fed pause" in ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... key lesson to be taken away from 2019 is how central banks abandoned the notion that they should pre-emotively address inflation. "In our view, that also has implication for this year and the years to come," the report said.

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside Aladdin's lamp. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation inched to 1.8% in the year to the December ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... and bonds to reap stronger returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) residential property prices for Australia's first home buyers through the generations. Fidelity International ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... leg up. The euro has weakened by 0.5% this year to date and by 4.7% from a year earlier - supporting both growth and inflation. The ECB's announced the launch of a strategic review of its monetary policy strategy at its January meeting that is expected ...

AMP remediation processes questionable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... a choice as to where they were deposited. "The AMP ERF is a terrible performer relative to other ERFs, once fees and inflation are taken into account, some people would be struggling to break even," he said. "AMP should be less concerned about what is ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... low interest rates, with the RBA seemingly determined to "do whatever it takes" to get consumers spending again and inflation moving higher," he said. "But with households nursing already high debt levels, Australia is already arguably in a "liquidity ...