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Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... deputy governor Guy Debelle's hinting a down move on interest rates. In his address to the Australian Business Economists Annual Dinner in Sydney yesterday, Debelle said: "The Reserve Bank has repeatedly said that our expectation is that the next ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... economy - that is, neither speeding up nor slowing down growth. My FOMC colleagues and I, as well as many private-sector economists, are forecasting continued solid growth, low unemployment, and inflation near 2%." And about the equity markets... "The ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... wouldn't mean nothing (yeah, I know double negative, but I've always wanted to be a gangsta). This reminds me of some "economists" jokes: Q: How many economists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Seven, plus or minus ten. Neutral interest ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... dated, is more sensitive to a change in interest rates, he says. Interest rates haven't moved since August 2016. Economists who forecast RBA would lift rates at least once by year-end have only two board meetings left to see if their predictions ...

Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... there will be a recession at some point in the next few years," he said. "2020 seems like a reasonable bet. Smarter economists than me are saying 2020, in fact there are plenty of them."

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... of petrol subsidies would reportedly save the Venezuelan government US$10 billion per annum. These are reasons why economists and Venezuelans are confused for higher taxes and lesser subsidies would only further erode Venezuela's purchasing power ...

APRA tells banks to prepare for financial storm clouds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... relatively good climate and build financial resilience before storm clouds form. Speaking at an Australian Business Economists lunch yesterday, APRA chairman Wayne Byres foreshadowed strong winds in finance, warning Australian institutions not to fail ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... Walters is taking the inaugural position as the state's chief economist. He currently chairs Australian Business Economists (ABE)'s executive committee. He was J.P. Morgan's chief economist for more than a decade. Most recently, he was a ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... often prone to statistical revision, may actually belie a relatively healthy economy on pace for modest growth in 2018, economists said." Then again, revisions can go both ways - up or down. Case in point: fourth quarter GDP data was revised down from ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... $8bn per year in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, the same as the prior two years and hence gives little boost to GDP," UBS economists led by George Tharneou said in a research note today. The Government also wants to invest more than $2.4 billion in Australia's ...