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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 ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... by 2021 - due to the lockdown and stoppages in Chinese business operations that's certain to slow overall economic activity. The easing of trade tensions will serve as a "serum" to the current downdraft wrought by the coronavirus. Even better, expectations ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated lockdown, consumers are staying home on their own volition for ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... unlocking home equity to improve retirement funding, we can enhance both the quality of life in retirement and economic activity." Household Capital made several recommendations to the Retirement Income Review including incentivising older Australians ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... Committee judges that the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation returning to the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective," it said. But ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... which will force them to move up the risk curve," Neiron said. VanEck said that several factors are holding back economic activity in Australia, keeping interest rates low. "Both household-debt-to-income and house-prices-to-income ratios are very high. ...