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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 ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... governments of the world have (and still are) provided backstops to mitigate the painful consequence of frozen economic activity - loss of sales, income, employment, etc. and the societal dislocations that go along them. To do this, most governments ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... For the best part of three years, Brexit was on every Brits mind - dampening business investment and overall economic activity. UK annual GDP growth has slowed sharply from 2.1% pre-Brexit to 1.1% as at the end of the December 2019 quarter. But in his ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... flattening of Australia's coronavirus infection curve (to date) could see consumer, business and overall economic activity return to normal sooner than expected.

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
With volatility still high, economic activity uncertain and investor sentiment low, a collapse in earnings could trigger another fall in risk assets. According to State Street Global Advisors senior investment strategist Raf Choudhury, this uncertainty ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... affected by the response to COVID-19. Ultimately, the institute believes the impact of the crisis on employment and economic activity could be even greater than even it estimates, once the second round economic impacts of the pandemic are incorporated ...