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Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... to contract between 6.0% in 2020 (under a single-hit scenario) and 7.3% (under a double-hit scenario). As such, central banks and governments everywhere have implemented unprecedented economic stimulus measures, virtually opening the money floodgates ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... funds rate three times (in July, September and October) while at the same time, and along with other major world central banks, offering forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative going forward. So much so, that the IMF forecasts ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central banks and governments can flood the system with all the money they have, or can print, but with consumers not allowed out and/or ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... other world governments - have the welfare of their respective economies and constituents in mind. Much more than central banks trying to strike a balance between unemployment and inflation - the coronavirus presents policymakers a chicken and egg dilemma. ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... the divergence. "Monetary policy has become accommodative across the board, with unprecedented support from major central banks, and monetary easing in emerging markets including through first time use of unconventional policies," she said. "Discretionary ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... equities and bonds, the markets' performance since 2009 globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world sought to stabilise a financial system with negative-interest rate policy (NIRP) and its close cousin ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... and get this, the Nasdaq composite index has rallied to new record highs! Certainly, the flood of liquidity from central banks and government treasuries are underpinning equity market performance. So are equity purchases due to TINA - there is no alternative ...

Red tape to slow recovery: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... And we have done this with around 90% of our staff working from home." Lowe said that despite evidence that the central banks package has been working as expected, he warned against increasing regulation. "Over the past 20 years whenever a problem has ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... will result in a huge budget deficit. "A fair bit of my time is spent thinking about the idea of the penetration of central banks into asset markets," Doyle said. "We are all used to central banks buying government bonds and asset backed securities in ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... today's extraordinary policy measures as increasing inflation risks over the medium term," the Institute said. "Central banks could be more willing to tolerate inflation overshoots despite the upward pressure on rates from high debt levels, as monetary-fiscal ...