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Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... is likely to be up rather than down) - now locks it in into not just one but two interest rate reductions. Yes, two rate cuts. While now rational rationales have emerged justifying RBA rate cut(s), Financial Standard had always relied on that time tested ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... likely than the next-move-is-down scenarios"... with financial market expectations for not only one, but two interest rate cuts gaining advocates as the year progresses. And then there's China, which is easing both monetary and fiscal policies. This ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... should if only it paid attention to the slowing employment growth trend. The RBA conducted a succession of interest rate cuts from 4.75% in October 2011 to 2.5% in August 2013. Only after then, have employment indicators start to rebound.

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... likely than the next-move-is-down scenarios"... with financial market expectations for not only one, but two interest rate cuts gaining advocates as the year progresses. And then, there's China which is easing both monetary and fiscal policies. Just ...

Chief economist update: European Central Bank policy U-turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... - following the conclusion of its 7 March 2019 Governing Council meeting. Just as Financial Standard called for RBA rate cuts and the Fed's now at neutral ahead of the pact, we also anticipated the coming of a fresh LTRO ahead of the pack in November ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... forecasters challenge the RBA's neutral monetary policy bias", with all now expecting one (or two) 25 basis point rate cuts this year. They've now come around to Financial Standard' s view published way back in June 2018. While they've ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... Bill Evans made it known to the world that he's changed his RBA rate projections from steady all the way, to two rate cuts this year - one 25 bps reduction in August and then another in November. Bill's call managed to take the A$ lower to US$0.7062 ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... that Bill's come around to my point of view...and even went further. Bill's now pencilling in two RBA 25 bps rate cuts this year - one in August and another in November - to which I can only say Mr. Evans has nerves of steel, by putting the precise ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... neutral within global equities but expects slower EPS growth. One Australian equities manager who differs from Taylor on rate cuts is Lazard Asset Management portfolio manager Aaron Binsted, who is gearing for a rate cut. "We have come down from a peak ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... unchanged interest rates - November 2010-October 2011; August 2013-January 2015; May 2015-April 2016 - were each followed by rate cuts despite the RBA's expressed optimism one month before deciding to reduce borrowing costs. More importantly, in ...