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Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... to 1%, lowered the counter-cyclical capital buffer for banks by 150 bp to 1% and said it is prepared to make further rate cuts. These were followed by the US Federal Reserve announcing another "inter-meeting" rate reduction on March 15, this time by ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... assistance for the airline, hotel and cruise industries. In the tweets, Trump took aim at Powell and called for further cash rate cuts. "Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... only for US investors but equity markets everywhere, for just as the Fed pause in early 2019 - followed up by three rate cuts during the year - delivered strong equity market gains around the world, the US central bank's readiness would, at the very ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... and business confidence are currently lower than their levels before the RBA announced the first of its three interest rate cuts in June last year. Lowe's hoping for the best but, "in the event that the country did find itself in that position, I ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... general economy. Makes me wonder if, apart from boosting the share and property markets, another one or two more RBA rate cuts could turn the vicious cycle into a virtuous one? In fact, the last RBA rate cut in October 2019 induced more anxiety among ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... over the last six months of 2019 being sustained over the medium term," Doyle said. "In the short term, any interest rate cuts or quantitative easing from the RBA would certainly provide a tailwind for house prices, but with the Cash Rate already at ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... so take extra care with interpretations. The latest reading on consumer sentiment supports expectations for more RBA rate cuts. Then again, another one (or two) more reduction in the official cash rate from the current record low of 0.75% -- the RBA ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... outperforming right now is that unlike other major economies in the world, the market has increased its expectations of rate cuts from the RBA," he said. "This is pushing flow into stocks. Couple that with an expected rebound to global growth, and the ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... inflation back below target (to 1.9% in November 2018 - prompting the Fed pause a few months later, followed by outright rate cuts). To avoid a repeat of the same mistake, there are now whispers that the Fed is considering implementing a policy being ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... inflation expectations over the cyclical horizon, although it is possible to see small symbolic increments of interest rate cuts, in addition to the recently announced reserve requirement reduction, to contain market moves," PIMCO said. Credit conditions ...