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Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. Central banks (and government authorities) are engaged in a concerted/coordinated scrambling to mitigate the negative impact of the spreading ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... television. "There will be concerted action." The power of the equity markets at its best! Sure, individual country central banks and fiscal authorities have been acting/giving assurances of supporting their respective domestic economies as cases of ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Global Aggregate TR Hedged AUD indexes returned 7.26% and 7.19%, respectively, in 2019," Zaychuk said. "With global central banks keeping interest rates low in conjunction with the promise of lower fees for passive vehicles, demand for fixed interest ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... full, but bonds are showing global growth slowing, recession risks remaining high and no further tightening from central banks," Kase said. "At this stage it can be explained but they both can't be right in the long term." With low cash rates expected ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... team said the positive news has been driven by the expectation that the impact on growth will be temporary, and central banks will intervene with lower rates. "Obviously, the risk to EM debt will likely grow if the severity of the pandemic increases ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... the opportunity to load up on our portfolios at cheaper prices afforded by the current scare. More so, given that central banks around the world have already - Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia - or are prepared (markets expect the Fed cut interest ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year. Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally picked up. Domestically ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... previous year. Schroders head of fixed income and multi-asset Simon Doyle said investors shouldn't depend on central banks pumping out cheap money into the economy and should prepare for a major drawback. "Across financial markets there's a view ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... horizon which could hamper growth - the progress of the Phase 2 US-China trade deal, the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, central banks changing their policy framework and the relationship between monetary and fiscal policy and whether this is appropriate," ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... if the government hands them money or reduces their taxes to zero - and they don't go shopping - even if the central banks pay them to borrow - to prop up the economy. Same old, same old. Akin to previous episodes, there's warning over how much ...