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Chief economist update: European Central Bank policy U-turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... onwards and upwards on policy normalisation (for the Fed), policy exits (for the ECB and the BOJ) and "the next move in rates is up for the RBA - to a policy pause (Fed) and policy reversals and/or expected ones. However, just as I turned Dr. Doom towards ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... state of the economy. Plugging in growth and inflation, Australia's "Taylor Rule" measure says, that the official cash rates should be at 1.0%. The two rate cuts camp has it! New York Fed President John Williams revealed that the current fed funds ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... despite the changes in relative monetary policy expectations - the Fed's on hold this year and the RBA will cut interest rates (maybe two according to Westpac) this year. Yet the Australian dollar refuses to go down. This is despite consensus expectations ...

ClearView posts first half profit dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... "[For the overall business,] the current challenging operating environment - characterised by prolonged record low interest rates, poor consumer sentiment exacerbated by the Royal Commission and the flow-on effect of life insurance commission caps under ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... funds rate of 2.5% (2.25%-2.5%, to be exact). One that's justified by present consensus expectations that US interest rates will remain steady until the end of this year.

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... super, if their fund has a flat dollar member fee of say $100 per year it can translate into extremely high percentage fee rates," Dunnin said. "It's time younger super fund members stopped having to subsidise older super fund members. It's simply a ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... for brokers that will eliminate the conflict of interest that comes from different lenders offering different commission rates, while ensuring these upfront commissions can only apply to the amount drawn down by the borrower, not the total loan amount." ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Reserve Bank of India is full of surprises. When financial markets expected it to raise interest rates, it didn't. When everyone expected interest rates to remain steady, it cut. Recall that back in October 2018, the RBI surprised markets by ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank changed ...

Clearview overhauls life insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... customers will be subject to new pricing structures from 1 March 2019. Stepped and hybrid premiums life and TPD premium rates will be lowered, while trauma, income protection and business expenses premiums will increase. Rates for new level premium business ...