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Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... the outlook remains fluid and uncertain. Despite increased coronavirus vaccinations and reduced cases in the advanced economies, the resurgence of infections (currently doing its rounds in Asia, Latin America and including Australia's state of Victoria) ...

Chief economist update: OECD upgrades global growth but advises continued policy support

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... predicted in its December 2020 report. However, it cautioned that the recovery is likely uneven... "In many advanced economies more and more people are being vaccinated, government stimulus is helping to boost demand and businesses are adapting better ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds offered their view of the COVID-19 recovery, revealing how the pandemic changed economies. AlphaBeta Australia managing director Amit Singh referred to data on the economic recovery, pointing out that in Australia ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... the United States. As we've witnessed over the past few months, Australian bond yields (and those of other major economies) have risen in line with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news for both existing US and Australian bond holders ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... higher-than-expected growth outturns in the second half of the year for most regions after lockdowns were eased and as economies adapted to new ways of working". The IMF's revised projections are in line with the OECD's assessment (released a ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... now. The Trans-Tasman bubble marks a fresh and significant step into normalising life after the COVID-19 pandemic. Both economies stand to gain. Not only would the re-opening of borders sans quarantine re-start postponed reunions and visits t families ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... & ESG Jean-Jacques Barberis said within the Paris Agreement the concept of a fair transition is central to net-zero economies. "There will be no transition if it is not socially acceptable. The social dimension of the transition is therefore becoming ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... improvement in the JP Morgan Global PMI......underlined by advancing expansions in activity in the world's biggest economies. Despite the resurgence of infections and variants of the virus, most companies around the world have now learned to adapt ...

Wholesale funds recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... printing, uncertainty and the potential for market volatility remain as hopes for recoveries in the underlying real economies remain largely unrealised." The results were similar for gross wholesale inflows which were down 1.1% on 2019 at $278.9 billion. ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... coronavirus vaccine. Then again, China's trade account also benefitted even when covid-19 was eating through the economies of other countries, exporting masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) to them. These recent data confirm expectations ...