Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 191 - 200 of 689 results for "Economic Activity"

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... rents, mortgages, business costs, wages, etc. Sure, this would limit the downdraft from the virtual freezing in economic activity, but it'll be impotent in lifting household spending. Especially when consumers are "ordered" to stay indoors or they ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... 'coronavirus crash', if you call it that, is a bit different because coronavirus threatens a big disruption to economic activity which is clearly very hard for investors to price in how deep and long the recession will be," Oliver said. "But ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... key. As US Fed chair Jerome Powell declared: "If we get the virus spread under control fairly quickly, then economic activity can resume... The virus is going to dictate the timetable here." And if I may add, the coronavirus will dictate the depth of ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... restricting movements within countries and within cities," Lowe said. "The result has been major disruptions to economic activity across the world. This is likely to remain the case for some time yet as efforts continue to contain the virus." The bank ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... time, the optimism will last. Perhaps... perhaps... perhaps. They better work given the deterioration in US economic activity. IHS/Markit's flash US composite PMI dropped to a fresh low of 40.5 in March (from 49.6 in the previous month) as manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: The cheaper alternative

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... monetary authorities here (and elsewhere) are trying to mitigate the fallout on the functioning of the general economic activity. Just like the UK, Australian economic activity will slow as shown by the latest UK Markit/CIPS figures - composite PMI down ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... for some funds. The unlisted assets will likely fall in value too, though the extent will depend on levels of economic activity," Rice Warner said. "As the annual valuations of airports, toll raids and conference centres are made they will be reduced ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... superannuation for the next two financial years if they have lost a job or 20% of their income, as COVID-19 knocks down economic activity. The Treasury estimates it will cost about $27 billion or 1% of the superannuation system's total assets. To ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... measures - what other fiscal and money authorities are implementing now. While it didn't prevent Chinese economic activity indicators from contracting (big time): Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... central banks the world over as they try to calm nerves and get ahead of the coronavirus that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary authorities are splashing cash, printing money and throwing everything at their disposal to try to prevent ...