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Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... conducted from June 18 - 28 (two weeks after the RBA first took down rates from 1.5% to 1.25%) - provides no reason for optimism and justifies the central bank's follow-up rate 25 bps rate cut in July, that took the official cash rate to a new all-time ...

Deutsche Bank slashes global workforce, exits global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... over the past decade, but with this new strategy in place we now have every reason to look forward with confidence and optimism." The restructure will see a number of leadership changes unfold. This includes Sewing taking on responsibility for the corporate ...

Chief economist update: Thrilla in Osaka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... 13.4% from its 2019 high. China's benchmark equity market index has since recovered 6.4% of its losses resulting from optimism over the Trump-Xi meeting at the G20. The Yuan/US exchange rate displays the same history - it has strengthened versus ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... Euro Stoxx-50 index is up 15.8%; the FTSE-100 gained 10% and the Nikkei-225 index rose by a mere 6.2%. Aside from the optimism brought on by the (near) bull market in Australian equities, recent surveys show there may be more where it came from. The ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Ords and we're into a bull run. Ole, ole, ole, ole! This is because the entry into a bull market prompts widespread optimism, encouraging investors to anticipate further gains and therefore increased buy orders, that ultimately sends stock prices ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... RBA and the RBNZ to almost the same global and domestic challenges and economic conditions becomes a test on whether optimism (RBA) is sufficient to turn the economy around or more concrete and swift action (RBNZ) is required to stem the slowdown in ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... persist going forward. Where consumer spending goes, there goes businesses, proved by the improvement in the CBI business optimism index - up to -13 in the second quarter of this year (the highest since Q3 2018) from -23 in the first quarter. The BOE ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... market will have flow-on effects on industries that provide ancillary services to the sector. Not to mention, the hit to optimism by the negative wealth effect from falling housing prices, triggering reduced consumer spending, lower company profits ...

Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
The just-released "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on March 14 and 15, 2019" contained the same optimism that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had been telling us and itself for as long as I can remember. The same rose-tinted outlook on growth. ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... ABS' trend estimates (which irons out the monthly volatility in the seasonally adjusted stats) give no reason for optimism - the trend slowdown in total and full-time jobs remain. Not only that, the lead from the ANZ job ads series suggests further ...