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Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... expectations" up by 8.9%; "time to buy a major household item" increased by 3.6% - those related to broader economic activity indicated increased pessimism. "Family finances vs a year ago" climb by 3.0% in the month of July but, at 85.7, remained below ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... semi-annual Monetary Policy Report noting: "Since the beginning of May, the tenor of incoming information on economic activity, on balance, has become somewhat more downbeat, and uncertainties about the economic outlook have increased." These are, more ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... 2.8% year-on-year rate recorded in the September 2017 quarter. While there are nascent signs of stability over economic activity... According to Markit Economics, "The IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 52.1 in June, according to the preliminary ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... having a ball Don't stop me now..." - Queen Despite the ongoing uncertainty over the slowdown in global economic activity, the lingering trade war and now, geopolitical concerns (prompted by the developing US-Iran stoush), the Australian equity market ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... and expected path of the fed funds rate going forward. "The Committee continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's symmetric 2% objective as the most likely outcomes ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... been dealt, play we have to. The chart below provides a picture representation of the sharp slowing in global economic activity. According to JP Morgan, the survey shows: "The rate of global economic expansion slowed to its weakest since June 2016, as ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... from US$74.94. The slide in oil prices is likely to intensify as global demand takes a hit from even weaker economic activity. In its June report, the World Bank recently downgraded its global GDP growth forecasts to 2.6% this year (from 2.9% it predicted ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... the RBA monetary policy transmission mechanism takes around 12-18 months before it flows through into general economic activity. Suddenly, gloom and doomers are crawling out of the woodworks - my next-door neighbour would be pleased at being proved correct ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... federal funds rate at 2-1/4 to 2-1/2%," the Fed said. "The Committee continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's symmetric 2% objective as the most likely outcomes. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... tepid wage growth leads to less household spending, lower company sales and profits and, by extension, reduce economic activity and lower inflation. Easing inflation would, in turn, encourage households to defer spending, reducing economic activity and ...