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Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a bit after it was put in place on April 16. This, along with fiscal and monetary policy support, has allowed the economy to slowly recover. Japanese economic and survey stats have already been gradually picking ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Australia and New Zealand." "During his speech, the RBA governor clearly outlined his willingness to do more with monetary policy and we have seen a significant market reaction in kind." Around 70% of delegates think the S&P will be more than 5% higher ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Australia and New Zealand Investment Conference, RBA Governor Philip Lowe all but confirmed that further easing in monetary policy is in the works. Although he believes that "a recovery is now under way and we can look forward to this continuing" and ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... environment where a handful of outlier stocks have inflated the index, fuelled by investor sentiment and easy monetary policy." The paper said over the past few months the argument against value has become stronger, but dismisses those claims as purely ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... the UK; and 0.85% in Australia. On top of these all, PBOC governor Yi Gang is taking a prudent approach towards monetary policy by not following Western economies by undertaking a large-scale monetary loosening, but will instead look to consumer price ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... allowed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to conserve its almost depleted ammunition. The RBA kept domestic monetary policy unchanged at the conclusion of its October 6 meeting. It may have disappointed financial markets' expectations for a lowering ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... incentives including a wage incentive scheme to encourage hiring. As Debelle acknowledged in his recent address, while "monetary policy actions are also having a material influence", "fiscal policy is having the largest impact in shaping the outcomes ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... interest rate wave speculation in Australia comes soon after the Bank of England (BOE) divulge in its September 17 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report that: "The MPC had been briefed on the Bank of England's plans to explore how a negative bank ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a bit after it was put in place on April 16. This, along with fiscal and monetary policy support, has allowed the economy to slowly recover. Latest indicators show that Japan's past its worst - i.e. the worst ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...