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Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
An RBA rate cut won't happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its 'World Economic Outlook' report for October where it slashed its global growth projection to 3.0% this year (from 3.2% forecast in July) before rebounding to 3.4% (downgraded from its ...

FSC restructures, bolsters policy team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... manager, investments, global markets, superannuation along with Michael Potter in the role of senior policy manager, economics and tax. Nick Kirwan is in the role of policy manager, life insurance and Jane Macnamara is the senior policy manager for superannuation ...

Another winter of Australian discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
It would be the winter of discontent for Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's latest 'Australian Winter Crop Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
In its world economic update for October, the International Monetary Fund said that the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown. Growth for 2019 was downgraded again to 3%, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. "This is a serious ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Unless a positive shock emerges over the next few months, expect the RBA to continue lowering interest rates and the Morrison government to increase fiscal spending (but only after it's achieved having the Budget surplus immortalised on paper). ...

RBA downplays likelihood of further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has told a forum at the International Monetary Fund that Australia's economy is set to "return to trend growth" next year. Lowe said the expected return to trend growth over the next year will help get the unemployment ...

RBA blames lack of demand in property downturn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle said despite historically low interest rates and a rise in loan approvals, turnover in the housing market remains low. Speaking at the CFA Societies Australia Investment Conference event in Sydney the deputy ...

IMF predicts bleak Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund has predicted Australia's economy will weaken a full percentage point in 2019 down to 1.7% growth from 2.7% last year. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF warned of a "synchronised global slowdown" to ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
Hear ye, hear ye! Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II has spoken. "My Government's priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on October 31," she has said. Whether her majesty will later come to regret ...