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Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... inflation (1.4% average of trimmed mean and weighted median in the March quarter) from target (mid-point of 2%-3%), GDP growth (1.8%% in Q1 2019) from potential (3%) and the neutral cash rate of 1.5% then, the nominal official cash rate should be at ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... conditions... The whole range of instruments is on the table." The ECB has every reason to be concerned. Euro area GDP growth has remained at a six-year low of 1.2% in the year to the March quarter after - down sharply from the 2.8% year-on-year rate ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... conditioned on a path for Bank Rate that rose to around 1% by the end of the forecast period." In those projections, GDP growth was a little below potential during 2019 as a whole, reflecting subdued global growth and ongoing Brexit uncertainties. Growth ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... numbers are worth writing home to mother about, the details provide for sobering reading. The upward adjustment in GDP growth was mainly due to a 0.4 percentage point contribution from net exports. Great! Except that a look at Japan's National Accounts ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... lead future global economic expansion. The International Monetary Fund predicts these economies will achieve average GDP growth of almost 5% per annum over the medium term, a result that advanced economies will not match." "This faster growth in emerging ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... demand takes a hit from even weaker economic activity. In its June report, the World Bank recently downgraded its global GDP growth forecasts to 2.6% this year (from 2.9% it predicted in January) and 2.7% (from 2.8%) in 2020. Similarly, IMF managing ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis) ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... - changed from "summer 2019" at its April Governing Council meeting - further out sometime in the future. Eurozone GDP growth has slowed to 1.2% in the year to the March 2019 quarter after peaking at 2.8% in the September 2017 quarter. While HICP inflation ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... despite being affected by the slowdown in overseas economies for the time being," it said at the time. The topline GDP growth figures give it bragging rights. Japanese GDP growth accelerated to 0.5% in the first quarter of 2019 from 0.4% in the December ...

Westpac profits down 24%, dividend flat

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... continue and a 1.5% discount will be applied to the market price, to add capital flexibility. The bank expects the GDP growth to hold at 2.2%, inflation to remain low, and employment growth to likely slow. "House prices are likely to remain soft and ...