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Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... don't know if anyone out there still believes in the "Taylor Rule" but plugging in the recent domestic data - growth, inflation, interest rates - required by the rule in calculating the "appropriate level" of nominal interest rates in Australia ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... has given extra oomph to the US economy. Ones, that the Fed is trying to hose down by virtue of its mandate for stable inflation - that's being "oomph" by Trump's increased tariffs on US imports. The Fed may term its policy normalisation efforts ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... approach," he said. "We are more positive about the outlook for the general insurance sector. Premiums are ahead of inflation and rising, in the order of 4-5% p.a., while claims inflation is under control, resulting in good margin expansion for these ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be consistent with sustainable growth in the economy and achieving the inflation target over time." The RBA kept the official interest rate unchanged at 1.5% that time - as it had in each of its previous ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... colleagues and I, as well as many private-sector economists, are forecasting continued solid growth, low unemployment, and inflation near 2%." And about the equity markets... "The asset class that gets the most attention day-to-day is, of course, the ...

AMP Capital adds to student living portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... will support the University of Melbourne's growth as a globally-esteemed education provider while delivering long-term inflation-linked cashflows for our investors," he said. ADIT is already invested in the 650-bed Sydney University Village facility ...

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... And so it has. This is because the BOJ hosed down these speculations over the succeeding months but more importantly, inflation remains stubbornly low. As we come closer to the end of 2018, Japanese measures of inflation has remained just about where ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... this year and 4.75% in 2019 and 2020 versus the OECD's 5.4%, 5.3% and 5.1%, respectively. So too with underlying inflation: The RBA forecasts the rate at 2.25% in 2018, 2019 and 2020 while the OECD anticipates inflation rates of 1.6% this year, 2.0% ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... increasing the risk of a policy mistake. More so, because gangbusting growth has not produced an equivalent surge in inflation - the PCE price index (headline and core) remained at around 2% in the year to September. More pertinent, inflation expectations ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... real level of interest rate below: Note that, three measures converge around the real rate at about 1% - add 2% target inflation and voila, we get the 3% neutral rate. But what if it's lower or higher than 3%? Then, Houston, we have a problem. Clarida ...