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Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... and their respective governments' decision to gently ease lockdown restrictions, effectively restarting economic activity. "Easy like Sunday morning"? No, Sunday's news wasn't. To paraphrase Mr. Murphy, anything that could go wrong went wrong. ...

Dividends take hit, but will recover

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... was 33%, he said, as new share issuance further diluted yield for existing shareholders. Although the fall in economic activity will be larger than that seen during the GFC, fiscal and monetary stimulus should aid a quicker recovery. "The amount of government ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... "Complementing this - and on display during the virus outbreak - is the growing role that technology plays in economic activity. "China has been a leader in e-commerce and social media engagement, but we expect future innovation will emerge from more ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Sweden), restrictions on social interaction, business lockdowns, and those that could, working from home. Frozen economic activity - either forced upon is citizens by governments or loss of employment or fear of contracting the disease or all of the ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... further substantial progress in containing the coronavirus in the near term and there is a faster return to normal economic activity. On the other hand, if the lifting of restrictions is delayed or the restrictions need to be reimposed or household and ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... returns to normal, the quicker economic growth rebounds from recession. For sure and for certain, the freezing of economic activity around the planet has ensured a deep recession but I wonder if a recession would have been forestalled had the virus not ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... cross-asset specialist at Fidelity, said lockdowns due to COVID-19 have led to an unprecedented collapse in economic activity, provoking different fiscal responses across developed and emerging markets. "Quarter-on-quarter, the hit to annualised global ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... crisis is over." Announcing further stimulus measures as soon as possible would help prevent further declines in economic activity, they said, with the government set to deliver an economic statement on May 12.

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Markit Economics PMI surveys reveal the extent of the impact social restrictions and lockdowns is having on economic activity: The IHS/Markit flash US composite PMI output index dropped to a reading of 27.4 in April - "the fastest reduction in private ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... inflation projections explain why both fiscal and monetary are pulling out all the stops. In its 'Outlook for Economic Activity (April 2020)' report, the BOJ downgraded GDP growth to -0.4 to -0.1% in FY2019 (from +0.8% to 0.9% predicted only ...