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Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... -30%, rather than its risk scenario of -40%. "This probably doesn't stop the RBA cutting rates, UBS said but [RBA governor Philip] Lowe's speech yesterday is key the Coalition proposed incentives for first home buyers." The Coalition's election promises ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe provided the clearest indication yet that the Australian central bank is poised to cut interest rates, potentially at its June 4 meeting. The transcript of Lowe's speech - titled 'The Economic ...

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... whether or not the RBA would (or wouldn't) cut interest rates sometime before 2019 becomes 2020, let's dissect RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement that explained the May decision and the central bank's forward guidance. After acknowledging ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... the previous month and 5.5% in the same month last year. This affirms and, at the same time, provides credence to RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement following the board's meeting of 5 March 2019: "The Australian labour market remains strong. ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... outlook on household consumption. There's also the negative wealth effect from falling property prices. Yet, RBA governor Philip Lowe doesn't seem perturbed. Lowe told his audience at the AFR Business Summit yesterday that "the "wealth effect" ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... There's Brexit in the UK, while Australia is bracing for the upcoming Federal election. But there's one truism in RBA Governor Philip Lowe's latest statement: "In China, the authorities have taken further steps to ease financing conditions ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... consistent with sustainable growth in the economy and achieving the inflation target over time." That's what RBA Governor Philip Lowe said yesterday in his monetary policy statement, explaining the rationale behind the Australian central bank's ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... point where it could threaten our medium-term objective, then we would not restrict the economy's growth," Former RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane Current Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe and the distinguished men and women of the ...