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Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... before the Union League Club of Chicago stated: "A downward policy rate adjustment may be warranted soon to help recenter inflation and inflation expectations at target and also to provide some insurance in case of a sharper-than-expected slowdown." ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.40%. Although, given the mounting risks of a further slowdown in growth and inflation, it's not hard to imagine the ECB changing its forward guidance that rates will remain untouched "at least through the ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... conundrum most major world central banks face - low (even multi-decade low) unemployment rates and low (even easing) inflation. For all intents and purposes, the Fed's "policy of patience" - reinforced in the minutes of its May FOMC meeting - can ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... going up at a greater rate for a number of items," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. "The relatively low rate of inflation has brought interest rates for bank deposits to historical low levels, placing pressures on the household budgets for retirees ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... month took you, I and Irene back to the future of soggy financial markets and downward pressure on economic growth (and inflation). As at 12:01am on May 10 New York time, US tariffs on about US$200 billion worth Chinese goods increased from 25% from ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe came around ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... improvement in the labour market and the unemployment rate remained around the 5% mark. In this scenario, we judged that inflation was likely to remain low relative to the target and that a decrease in the cash rate would likely be appropriate. A lower ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... continued strength in the yen presage ominous tidings with regards to the BOJ's quest to get still way off-target inflation readings to its 2% inflation target. 'Abenomics' might need a fourth arrow and/or the BOJ will have to go beyond maintaining ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... such as fixed income. The most popular factors are value, size, low volatility, quality and momentum. Interest rates, inflation, political issues and foreign exchange are some examples of macroeconomic factors. Wealth Planning Partners director Amanda ...