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Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... and fiscal policy responses is of course to mitigate (if not lessen) the sense of panic that's freezing economic activity that, in turn, could turn prophecies of a global recession into a self-fulfilling one. However, these aggressive and/or coordinated ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the next country, but its relationship to China may provide some relief in the long run," he said. "Chinese economic activity is still depressed as the country slowly returns to work, but markets are already looking to assess the size of the economic ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the effects are similar to during the most acute phase of the global financial crisis, reflecting curtailed economic activity associated with the unprecedented containment effort. "This drop was not seen in recent epidemics or after the 9/11 attacks," ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global freezing (of economic activity) wrought by coronaphobia is shaking what has become an orthodoxy since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... causes insanity". But I digress. While most nations around the world are reeling from the virtual freezing of economic activity in their respective economies and sharp declines in their equity markets, Japan is fast becoming a special (basket) case. ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... 1%-1.25% -- the first inter-meeting cut since 2008 (when Lehman Bros collapse) - because of the "evolving risks to economic activity" posed by the coronavirus. Wall Street's reaction to the Fed's decision -- Dow down 3.0%, S&P 500 down 2.8% ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... capacity. Weak demand and decreased production (due to the unavailability of raw materials/parts) has led to reduced economic activity and lower economic growth. But does this spell the end of the world as we know it? For sure and for certain global ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... raising the superannuation guarantee. There is possibly no better economic policy to increase take home pay and economic activity, and improve the status of the tax system than unwinding superannuation, Murray argues. "So, I just wanted to get out there ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... we're all dead". That, of course, is if COVID-19 endures and permanently wreaks death and/or destruction of economic activity. But nah, like all others before it, a cure will be found and when we look back at the rear view mirror, we'll be kicking ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... more infections and deaths multiply, the longer China will remain in lockdown, with the resulting slowdown in economic activity infecting the rest of the world. This is underscored by the Nikkei Asian Review 's report that: "The government of Hubei ...