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Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... never make it"? Even ex-Fed chief Ben Bernanke was oozing optimism months (or was it weeks?) before the global financial crisis hit. I apologise, I may have gone overboard with that simile but the ECB staff's downward revision to its macroeconomic ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... challenges before - the Asian currency crisis in 1997, the dotcom crash in 2000, the US recession in 2001, the global financial crisis in 2008, to name a few. The economy continued to grow as it had been doing for the past 27 years. Could this time be ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... second) - this represents just half of the 4% average growth rate during the boom years preceding the 2008 global financial crisis. "Debt levels are high". Household debt to disposable income rose to an all-time high of 190.5% in the second quarter (latest ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... report also found superannuation funds comprise 40% of institutional investors in Australia. Since the Global Financial Crisis they have recorded median growth of 12% year on year.

October volatility sours investor outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... has dampened investor confidence and many are expressing cynical outlooks for 2019 not seen since the Global Financial Crisis, latest Investment Trends insight shows. About 2100 retail investors canvassed in Investment Trends' Investor Intentions ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... in the previous quarter. This is far slower than the 4%-4.5% annual wages growth rates seen before the global financial crisis and if the lead from the underemployment rate is any guide, wages would remain stagnant in the coming quarters. It'll be ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... May 2012. We're still unsure whether the present "challenges" would morph into something akin to the global financial crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis of recent past, or the Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's. Still, didn't ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... the Fed's successful effort at supporting the equity market since it embarked on QE following the global financial crisis in 2008 by holding bond yields that, in turn, boosted growth, employment and stabilised inflation expectations. The positive ...

Reverse mortgage lenders shortsighted: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... health, early retirement and higher costs of living. Demand for reverse mortgages grew gradually since the Global Financial Crisis, with the total exposure of ADIs to reverse mortgages increasing from $1.3 billion in March 2008 to $2.5 billion by December ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... September 2008, setting off a chain of events that changed the meaning of GFC from Geelong Football Club to Global Financial Crisis. Maybe, this time is different. Then again maybe not. The "Economic Letter" published last night by the Federal Reserve ...