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Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... increased political uncertainty in Italy. And then, there's the sharp slowdown in China, where latest activity indicators came in weaker than market expectations - industrial production slowed to 4.8% in the year to July from 6.3% in June; retail ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... policy response as insurance to maintain the expansion." Swipe left or right through the latest UK economic surveys and indicators and there's no mistaking Carney was alluding to a rate cut. But here's some Carney, himself, mentioned: "Growth ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... J.P. Morgan said. PTM also purchases carbon credits to offset material carbon emissions. However, it did not provide indicators of employee satisfaction, disclose employee pay metrics, or the results of the gender gap analysis which was undertaken. The ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... developed nations, the RBNZ noted: "The subdued nominal wage growth in the private sector and the apparent disconnect from indicators of capacity pressure in the labour market... the continuing absence of wage pressure could indicate there is still spare ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... year to April. As Draghi pointed out in his speech in Sintra: "The risk outlook remains tilted to the downside, and indicators for the coming quarters point to lingering softness." The ECB may have to provide more stimulus measures sooner or at the same ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... weeks' time, we will consider the case for lower interest rates," he said. To be sure, domestic economic and survey indicators have been weakening in recent months. Foremost of which is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) recent update ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... addition of 25,700. These guesstimates could be on par, better or lower than the actual numbers. However, the leading indicators and surveys of the Australian labour market point to a weakening trend. Although the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... after contracting in December, January and February. Not only that, latest updates show other Chinese domestic macro indicators have improved. Retail sales growth accelerated to 8.7% in the year to March from 8.2% in the previous month - above market ...

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... will be justified whether or not it lowers interest rates in May", based on the readings of the latest eco and survey indicators. But that's done and dusted. To discern whether or not the RBA would (or wouldn't) cut interest rates sometime before ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... certainly give the European Central Bank (ECB) some sort of reprieve - a temporary reprieve. For while these topline indicators - GDP and inflation - have improved, others foretell of further weakness going forward. Eurozone consumer confidence fell ...