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Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Meanwhile, GSFM adviser Stephen Miller said the GDP figures revealed the extent of the support from the government's stimulus package. "Despite the large hit to activity and the 10% collapse in hours worked, household income actually rose 2.5%," ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... lows, markets have rebounded to pre-COVID levels as central banks and governments around the world rolled out massive stimulus measures.

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The perfect storm of government stimulus and a new breed of retail traders with little investing know-how are resuscitating the share market, but for how long? According to Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, numerous factors ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... 0.25% cash rate limit and like most other central banks' are hopin' and wishin' and prayin' that fiscal stimulus measures continue to mitigate a harder than expected thud in the domestic economy until the coronavirus goes away.

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... around two weeks. Central government's cruel restrictions (by western standards) - along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures - have saved the Chinese economy from falling into a technical recession; GDP growth rebounded by 11.5% in the June ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... expected to be somewhat less robust than in the previous forecast. Although the staff assumed that additional fiscal stimulus measures would be enacted beyond those anticipated in the June forecast, the positive effect on the economic outlook was outweighed ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... during the 2000-2001 'Dot Com' bubble," Yang said. "Uncertainties surrounding the approval of a second US fiscal stimulus package remain, while a review of the phase-one US-China trade deal is in limbo. These are two potential catalysts for equity ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... "Just how long this disrupted operating environment will last is not clear to management teams or investors." Government stimulus packages, such as JobKeeper, make it increasingly difficult to make sense of reporting season, Wilsons said, with companies ...

SME insolvencies set to increase

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... monthly average we would expect, telling us that many firms are being artificially propped up," he said. The government stimulus measures for SMEs have prevented many companies from going into administration. Just last month the government announced ...

CBA profit takes hit, dividend cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... relatively well positioned," Comyn said. "We are starting from a position of fiscal and economic strength. Significant stimulus measures have supported the economy, there is a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects, and the outlook for mining and ...