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Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... 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, partly in ...

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: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Citing Sean Taylor - DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities - Financial Standard editor, Darren Snyder, penned a report titled, "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the Financial ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... not, "...lower interest rates might be appropriate at some point. We have the flexibility to do this if needed." - Philip Lowe

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... 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 record 30th ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... 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 board are scheduled to hold their first monthly monetary policy meeting for ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
Will the next move in the official cash rate, as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe put it, likely "be up, rather than down"? To answer this, we have to look at the RBA's mandate of full employment and meeting an "agreed medium-term ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... to 24 million in January 2016. See here for more details. The release is quiet timely for it provided RBA Governor Philip Lowe something new to talk about at his address to Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney the day after. Of course, Lowe spoke about ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... interest rates at that. For sure and for certain, financial markets would hear what they expect to hear from Governor Philip Lowe and his merry men and women when the RBA announces its decision at 2.30pm AEST today. That really is not up for any debate. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... that...means this current state of affairs in the domestic economy could become a prelude to a rate cut. RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already dropped his statement last month that: "In the current circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely ...