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Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... policies. The price of iron ore is important for the outlook for Australia or as the Budget Papers put it, along with other commodity prices, "a key uncertainty in the outlook for nominal GDP." The Budget Strategy and Outlook 2018-19 paper forecasts ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... The RBNZ maintained its optimism despite: "Trading-partner growth is expected to further moderate in 2019 and global commodity prices have already softened, reducing the tailwind that New Zealand economic activity has benefited from. The risk of a sharper ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... dimming picture of the global economy (especially that of China, our biggest export client) and its consequent impact on commodity prices. The shift in other developed country central banks' stance from hawkish to dovish - led by the Fed - should ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... alternative investment strategies to a quantitative macro strategy comprising global bonds, equities, currency, and commodity markets. The name of the fund will also change, becoming the Ironbark GCM Global Macro Fund. Ironbark assured investors there ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... rational that's also consistent with weakening global growth -- in particular, China -- and its attendant impact on commodity prices (more specifically, iron ore). Yippee-kay-yay! Bring it on! A trip down memory lane shows how the Australian dollar's ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... "Financial developments". For sure and for certain, the Fed's not blind to what's happening in the equity, currency, commodity and bond markets. The S&P 500 index is down 6.2% this year to date, dragging all others with it - the MSCI developed ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... economy still up there in terms of economic expansion, the yield curve brings not so good tidings. Not surprisingly, commodity prices have been dropping. The Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index has fallen by 4.8% this year ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... China's imports of sorghum dropped by 76.9% in the year to September, "dragged down by Chinese tariffs on cargoes of the commodity from key supplier the US." This should give Australia a window to step in as substitute supplier. The problem is, according ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... is crucial. "When I first came onto the board in January 2012, my first AIC seminar suggested that women were a rare commodity," Collins said. "This has changed significantly over the last six years, and so has the experience of the board. Many more ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... the early 2020s. We expect steady government revenue growth supported by the strong labor market and relatively robust commodity prices, to be accompanied by expenditure restraint. We also expect property prices to continue their orderly unwind, and ...