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Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... answer to that is yes. And that is on the basis of the advice that I have from the Treasury Department about where the June quarter is expected to be." Frydenberg's statement comes after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its March ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... of next year." "Inflation remains below 2% over the next few years... expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter... Further out, in the baseline scenario inflation is 1 to 1.5% in 2021 and gradually picks up further from there." Like I ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... and some may have even benefitted. "It will be fascinating to see. I think the inflows will tank in the April to June quarter because so many businesses were shut down and so the flow of compulsory super would have stopped," Heffron said. "But it will ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... outlined a bleak future for the Australian economy in a speech to parliament, forecasting GDP to fall over 10% in the June quarter. The figure would be the largest contraction in GDP in Australia's history. "At $50 billion, this is a loss equivalent ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... the March quarter just passed, CPI inflation rose to 2.2%, but it is expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter, due to falls in oil prices, the introduction of free child care and deferrals of various price increases. Further out, in ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... mass closure of businesses and activities, designed to stop the spread of the virus, will see GDP fall 10% in the June quarter. The analysis found that for every extra week the current restrictions remain in place, the Australian economy will lose $4 ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... from 5.25% in 2006 to 4.25% in 2007 was unable to prevent the US recession from the December quarter of 2007 to the June quarter of 2009. The turn in the US yield curve from negative to positive (in 1990, 2001 and 2008) and the corresponding reduction ...

Charter Hall kicks off $115m raise

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Australia's largest ASX-listed real estate investment trust has kicked off a $115 million equity raising to weather the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Charter Hall Social Infrastructure (ASX: CQE) will undertake a fully underwritten institutional ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... output is likely to fall by around 10% over the first half of 2020, with most of this decline taking place in the June quarter. Total hours worked in Australia are likely to decline by around 20% over the first half of this year." "The unemployment rate ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... advisers and boutiques. Despite its strong net inflows in the quarter, HUB24 predicts net inflows will soften in the June quarter, as advisers move to focus on "supporting existing clients and adapting business models for the current environment". Funds ...