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Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Japan's National Accounts show net exports accounted for 0.4 percentage points of the 0.5% growth in the March quarter. Nothing wrong with this except that, the details of this detail reveal this is only because imports dropped - down 4.6% versus ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... total employment was due to the 34,700 increase in part-time jobs. Full-time employment decreased by 6,300. This does nothing to improve the outlook for consumer spending - that, which accounts for around two-thirds of overall economic growth. As dictated ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... quarters of 2018. Yes, Virginia - wage growth would have been weaker if not for the "regularly scheduled wage rises." Nothing organic! Private sector wages grew by 2.4% in the year to the first quarter, up from 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter. Public ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Sino-Yankee trade war. Recall Trump has put the Eurozone and Japan on notice. War - in any form - is really good for "absolutely nothing". Timecheck: It's now 9pm on Thursday in Washington - 3 hours to go T-day. Tick, tock.

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Despite high expectations that it would leading up to its May Board meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't only NOT cut the official cash rate - it kept it unchanged at a record low 1.5% - it also maintained its ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
The US Federal Reserve just concluded its April 30 - May 1 FOMC meeting and decided it best to do nothing but reaffirm its policy of patience, as you, I and Irene expected. "Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... collectively, noting not all had downloadable reports with details of their responsible investing practices. "We expect nothing less than 100% on this criteria going forward," the think tank said.

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... out as a result of the fees for no service issues were that charging for what you do not do is wrong, and licensees did nothing to prevent having more customers on their books than they could manage. "That point was quite interesting because they were ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
It appears nothing is normal with the Fed's march toward normalising monetary policy. Not only has it stopped in its tracks, the White House wants it to go in reverse. Cue US President Trump's latest "advice" to the Fed: "In terms of quantitative ...