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Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... had been decelerating further away from its 1%-3% target. Headline CPI inflation eased to 1.5% in the year to the March quarter from 1.9% in the previous period. Core CPI inflation steadied at 1.5%. Congruent with the current unemployment-inflation dynamics ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... 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 recorded in the September 2017 quarter. While there are nascent signs ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... Great! Except that a look at Japan's National Accounts show exports subtracted 0.4 points (down 2.4% in the March quarter) while the sharp 4.6% drop in imports contributed 0.9 percentage points. The sharp drop in imports reinforces the renewed weakness ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis) to 1.8% in the March quarter from 2.4% in the year to the December 2018 quarter. This gave credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Latest APRA life insurance stats show the life insurance industry turned a $536 million net profit after tax in the first three months of 2019 after a loss-making December quarter, but full-year results are still bleak. The industry reported a net profit ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... a retirement index shows. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's Retirement Standard for the March quarter estimates retired couples need $61,061 per year to live a comfortable retirement, while singles need $43,255. The amount of ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... quarter, up from 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter. Public servants' annual pay growth decelerated to 2.4% in the March quarter from 2.5% - down again from 2.6%, in the fourth and third quarters of last year, respectively. This doesn't bode well ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... annualised growth rate measure shows the same "moderate expanding trend". GDP growth strengthened to 2.1% in the March quarter from 1.6% and negative 2.5% in the preceding two quarters, respectively. Year-on-year, the economy expanded by 0.8% from 0.2% ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... assumed the "iron ore spot price falling over the year to reach US$55 per tonne free-on-board (FOB) by the end of the March quarter 2020". Iron ore prices have rallied by 39.2% to US$96.34/MT this year to date and London research firm Liberium forecast ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries, as was the case in the previous March quarter." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Chief Economist Bruce Hockman take on the results of the Wage Price Index ...