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Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... once in a lifetime opportunity that we are missing because of "Boneheads"." But if Reuters' recent poll of 120 economists is any guide, the Fed would only cut interest rates down to 1.5%-1.75%. The poll revealed that majority of the respondents think ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
It's rare for two economists to have a meeting of minds (you all know the economists' jokes), but I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... continued sustained convergence of inflation to levels that are below, but close to, 2% over the medium term". Euro economists and investors may as well scratch that June 6 policy meeting and the indications and suggestions embedded in the ECB statement ...

Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... "We're delighted that Tim is joining Yarra Capital Management. Beyond being one of Australia's most highly regarded economists, he is well known to us and someone we held in very high regard while working alongside him for more than a decade ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... you, I and Irene would dump the A$ too given these expectations. But just as we've proven the markets and "expert economists" mistaken on this space - Financial Standard was calling for a rate cut one year before (when the "experts" were busily adjusting ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... deliver a cut in interest rates when its board meets next week (June 4) or there'll be a lot of disappointed "expert economists" and punters who put their money where their guesses were. Not only that, Factset prints: "Many also expect RBA to follow ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... negative gearing, capital gains tax and franking; rather than the Coalition's mostly 'status quo'," UBS economists led by George Tharenou wrote in a May 21 note. "While this likely has limited impact on our credit tightening thesis, it may ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... its upcoming meetings". We'll get the latest update on the state of the country's labour market later today. Economists expects the unemployment rate to tick up to 5.1% in April from 5% in March and employment to grow by 14,000 after the addition ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has just gotten one up on me? Nah Virginia, me don't want to "kill Bill", we economists may not see eye to eye but we stick together. More so that Bill's come around to my point of view...and even went ...

Royal Commission will worsen credit crunch: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... effect on the housing market. Nicki Hutley, a partner at Deloitte Access Economics, told Financial Standard 's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney last week that tightened lending policies post-Royal Commission is nothing to be too concerned about. ...