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Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... rate hikes. What's wrong with that? A strengthening US economy (or any economy for that matter) demands higher interest rates. As Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor, Philip Lowe, told his audience at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce ...

Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... 2.1% in the March 2018 quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter and the quarter before that. Take these annual growth rates to two decimal places and we find that wages eased to 2.07% in the March 2018 quarter from 2.08% in the December 2017 quarter ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... we're taking the guesswork out of it and making the choice crystal clear with these extraordinarily low funding commission rates," he said. The class actions intend to recover some of the funds lost by AMP shareholders in the wake of the Royal Commission ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... (BOE), I speak of. A few months before last night, the British central bank signalled that another small increase in interest rates is nigh, sparking speculations that the BOE would top up its 25 bps hike in November 2017 that took the Bank rate up to ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... 2.75% this fiscal year and then 3% per annum in the next four; so are the predictions for the unemployment and inflation rates - given current domestic macro-economic settings. Although I find that the Budget's assumptions on wages might be a little ...

Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... volatility is cause for serious investor concern. Respondents noted the top three risks they are facing are: rising interest rates (55%), volatility spikes (47%, and liquidity (36%). Most agreed rate increases were negative for overall portfolio performance ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... cost of living - this is overdue relief, but it doesn't make up for Turnbull's cost of living increases and cuts to penalty rates." Chalmers said funding just 14,000 new in-home aged care packages over four years is a "hoax" as funding cut from residential ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... remaining demands remain largely the same: it wants the $450 per month Super Guarantee (SG) threshold abolished; a ramp up in SG rates to achieve 12% in four years; SG to be paid on parental leave and increased financial counselling services for the ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Argentinian central bank lifted interest rates, a move intended to stem the sharp and rapid depreciation of the Argentine peso and by extension put downward pressure on inflation. Whoa! Fret not whether the Fed is going to raise interest rates by ...

Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... the corporate tax rate to 21%. The timing of KKR's announcement coincides with discussion in Australia over corporate tax rates, which have been on the political agenda recently, particularly after tax reform in the U.S. and with an impending federal ...