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Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... forms of art and architecture, and new religious and political ideas." - Encyclopaedia Britannica There's an air of optimism up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Recruitment lifts as economy reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... employers are still looking for talent." Across both clients and competitors, McGilton said he had seen an increase in optimism and activity - as businesses work towards the new post-pandemic normal. Over the last two to three weeks, there has been genuine ...

Time to buy residential property: Survey

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... had the financial buffers to see them through the current economic uncertainty. "The survey results definitively show optimism amongst investors as well as a business as usual attitude." The survey also revealed that 20% of tenants had asked landlords ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... record low interest rates lowering the cost of capital for corporations are unlikely to force investors to "dial back the optimism" that has fuelled the rally in equities. "The resulting decline in earnings growth along with an historic level of uncertainty ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
News that the Australian economy may be opening sooner than previously thought saw the S&P/ASX 200 surge on Monday, with investors buying into heavily sold-off sectors. Today, markets have dropped on fears of a second wave, with news of fresh cases ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... stock prices rise by 20%, usually after a drop of 20% (Investopedia) - which, according to behavioural finance, engenders optimism, encouraging even more stock purchases or, in today's world, FOMO (fear of missing out). This optimism is underscored ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... data with more confidence, the main unknown being COVID-19 itself," he said. "For this reason, there will be bounces in optimism and pessimism in the coming months, on both the macroeconomic and market front." While a collapsing oil price may be seen ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... restrictions, among them the single currency region's biggest economies - Germany, France, Italy and Spain. This relative optimism is reflected in the sharp drop in the VStoxx (Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility Index) - the eurozone's version of the fear ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... market, and inflation near our symmetric 2% objective." In other words... the Fed is done cutting interest rates. This optimism is consistent with the December 2019 dot plot of FOMC participants' assessment of appropriate monetary policy where 13 ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... non-manufacturing employment index to 47 from 55.6 in February; and hiring plans contained in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (which fell by 8.1 points to a reading of 96.4 in March - the largest monthly decline in the survey's history) dropped ...