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Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... (assuming no second wave). Besides, Fed chair Jerome Powell and his merry men and women of the FOMC pledged to keep monetary policy accommodative "until it is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its maximum ...

Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... achieving its objectives returning until after the year 2022. The "FOMC participants' assessments of appropriate monetary policy: Midpoint of target range or target level for the federal funds rate" chart shows that all 17 of them expect the fed ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Mo's rescue packages - more specifically, his JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes and of course, the RBA's monetary policy accommodation. So much so that, while the June quarter National Accounts will for sure and for certain confirm a technical ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... likely to be large and a sustainable demand recovery is dependent upon health solutions rather than just fiscal and monetary policy, and rapid redeployment of lost labour." He added that despite the world in some ways literally stopping as a result of ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... situation and their own finances," he said. "The substantial, coordinated and unprecedented easing of fiscal and monetary policy in Australia is helping the economy through this difficult period. It is likely that this fiscal and monetary support will ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... only confirm what everyone already is expecting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe and his board will keep Australia's monetary policy settings unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on three-year Australian government bonds ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
Easing of central bank monetary policy settings helped equity markets rebound and economies to recover from the "Great Recession" wrought by the Global Financial Crisis of 2009. Easing - this time, of social distancing and lockdown restrictions (implemented ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... a year that's worse than "annus horribilis" but 2020 would be it. While the Bank of England (BOE) to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its May meeting - the Bank Rate at a record low 0.1% and purchases at £645 billion - it's also predicting ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... governor Philip Lowe's statement - released after the Australian central bank's May 5 meeting (where it kept monetary policy settings unchanged, "including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian Government bonds ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... global developments and ongoing risks. With our decisions through the course of the past year, we believe that monetary policy is well positioned to serve the American people by supporting continued economic growth, a strong job market, and inflation ...