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Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... services. "In releasing this package, we hope to play a role in supporting firefighting efforts as well as the economic recovery and financial wellbeing for those affected, including our customers," ANZ chief financial officer Michelle Jablko said. "We ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... fostered political and social discontent -and ever deeper negative rate policy has failed to generate material economic recovery." Samranvedhya is correct in her observation that: "Europe has been the epicentre of negative rates policy since the European ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... pressure on longer-term interest rates. The associated easing in financial conditions then helped to support economic recovery, particularly at a time when the traditional tool of monetary policy-the federal funds rate-had already been lowered to its ...

RBA issues stern climate change warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... a cyclical phenomenon. Natural disasters and extreme weather events like droughts are usually followed by an economic recovery, as in the 2011 banana example, losses are not necessarily recouped but output goes back to pre-disaster rates. Trends, on ...

Ausbil builds out team for new strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... listed infrastructure team will be announced in due course, Ausbil said. "We're a decade into the global economic recovery with positive implications for global infrastructure. Our clients want exposure to the theme so we're delighted to secure ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... the overall results, CBA chief executive Ian Narev said: "The combination of geopolitical volatility and weak economic recovery in parts of the world means the risk of market volatility, and indeed economic shock, remains heightened. At the same time ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... 2017, or beyond, if necessary". In its statement, the ECB said that, "Looking ahead, we continue to expect the economic recovery to proceed at a moderate but steady pace. In addition, the fiscal stance in the euro area is expected to be mildly expansionary ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... said. Though global investors have been concerned for several years that bond yields cannot get any lower and economic recovery would see central banks lift interest rates to more normal levels, this has yet to materialise. In the meantime, globally ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... rates unchanged for a 14th straight month following its 22 June meeting on the back of its outlook for continued economic recovery and expectations that inflation would return to its target band (2.5% +/-1.5%) "...within the latter half of the year". ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... the central bank's confidence in the Eurozone economy? Draghi said so himself, "Looking ahead, we expect the economic recovery to proceed. Domestic demand should be further supported by our monetary policy measures and their favourable impact on financial ...