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Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... advanced solidly and employment increased for the second consecutive month," CBA states. "On the prices front, input cost inflation rose to a seven-month high boosted by the exchange rate and higher prices of fuel and staff and output cost inflation ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... pattern of relatively strong household consumption growth but weak business investment has persisted" and "Core CPI inflation was 1.7% in May, and core services CPI inflation has remained slightly below levels consistent with meeting the inflation target ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... forward. "The Committee continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's symmetric 2% objective as the most likely outcomes, but uncertainties about this outlook have increased," ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... 34% underweight to a net 22% underweight (might be counter-intuitive but given low/very low bond yields plus sinking inflation expectations provide no incentive to go overweight on bonds).

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... - unwanted stock build-up - that followed another 0.1% addition in the previous three-month period. Latest Japanese inflation data since the BOJ met in April have improved but not enough and still way below the BOJ's 2% inflation target. The headline ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... consistent with BOE governor Mark Carney's statement that, "were the economy to develop broadly in line with its Inflation Report projections, an ongoing tightening of monetary policy over the forecast period, at a gradual pace and to a limited extent ...

SG below 10% fails super objective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... said. "When previous increases were made, real wage rises still occurred. While wage growth does not currently exceed inflation to the same extent as the last two decades, it is still higher, suggesting that small incremental increases to the SG can ...

Super calculators to align with MoneySmart

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Superannuation and retirement income calculators will adjust the inflation rates they use after an ASIC instrument amendment. ASIC updated the instrument governing superannuation and retirement income calculators to require providers to adjust for inflation ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... statement, the economy is expected to grow by 2.75% this year and the next; employment growth is strong but could be better; inflation is lower than expected but "the central scenario remains for underlying inflation to be 13/4 per cent this year, 2% ...

Minimum wage rises by 3%

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... said she backed the Commission's independent process in arriving at the decision, but said the increase - which exceeds inflation - would add pressure to small businesses. "The decision to pay Australia's 2.2 million award dependent workers an extra ...