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Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... their new allocations and Saudi Arabia delivers the rest of its voluntary cut of 0.4 mb/d, the fall in production volume versus today will be about 0.5 mb/d." "In this report we have reduced our forecast for non-OPEC production growth next year from ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... GDP growth, (2) that employment growth will slow through 2020". That's the Fed expecting no more rate cuts in 2020 versus Westpac's three more reductions in the fed funds rate. Seems so easy to kill Bill and his team with this so "off the mark" ...

Advisers better learn what women want: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... about financial advice differently to men. On the point of whether they trust financial advisers, 45% of women said they do versus 36% of men. About 55% of men said they would recommend a financial adviser if they feel they have financially benefitted ...

Risk roles on the rise: SEEK

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... key trends in the report include social services and construction as employment growth areas, and demand for temporary versus permanent work holding steady. SEEK said that increased demand for risk and compliance positions are the "new normal". "Throughout ...

ETF investing at record highs: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... in the report as those who started investing in ETFs within the last two years, are now in the millennial age-bracket, versus 12% more than five years ago. Financial advisers are also increasingly adopting ETFs with clients, with 58% providing advice ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... by more than the bank's predicted single 25 bps reduction next year to keep the Australian dollar from appreciating versus the greenback. RBA Governor Lowe has already stated that 0.25% is the lowest the official cash rate could go. Quantitative ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... stabilising. This may project a diminishing growth gap between emerging and developed markets, which should support EM currencies versus the US dollar for a while," Buchet says. "Considering the relative value between developed and emerging markets ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 48.1 in November - the fourth straight month indicating contraction in factory activity - versus 48.3 in the previous month and expectations for an increase to 49.2. The details of the report show that "All but ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... August to a reading of 11.75 overnight. This was around the same time as the yen reached this year's high of ¥105.08 versus the US dollar and €116.08 against the Euro as investors sought cover in the safety of the Japanese currency. The US dollar ...

Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... in 2020 (September 2020). The likelihood of a rate cut then surpasses the "on hold" probability, but only just - 38.5% versus 34.8% -- and even then, these rate cut odds have come down from 38.8% a week earlier. The same goes for its December 2020 meeting ...