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Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... official cash rate at a record low 1.5% steady in 2019 before lifting them in 2020 (if at all). The recent decline in crude oil prices reflects both the slowdown in global activity - weaker demand - and the world central banks' more dovish leaning ...

LGIAsuper deputy chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... secretary. He was appointed to the dual role in 2015. Before joining LGIAsuper, Harcla was general manager of Queensland Coal and Oil Shale Mining Industry Superannuation Fund. He left that role in 2005 when the fund merged with COALSUPER Retirement ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... analyst role at Dubai-based Emirates NBD (Asset Manager). Her areas of research expertise are real estate, transport, logistics, oil and gas and logistics across MENA. She has a CFA and speaks French and Arabic. James Kosmatos was most recently a senior ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The British Parliament has put a full stop to months of speculation over PM Theresa May's leadership when she emerged victorious - 200 to 117 - over her own party's (the Conservative Party) no confidence motion lodged against her. The Party's ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... rate is at 5% - but inflation has softened (headline down to 1.9% in the September quarter (from 2.1) - the sharp decline in oil prices and slight increase in the Australian dollar would further damp inflation pressures going forward. In its November ...

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... series of typhoons that hit the country - and energy (up 8.9%). Calmer weather conditions and the sharp reversal in crude oil prices suggest a corresponding tick down in headline inflation in the coming months. Core inflation (excluding food) remained ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... Henderson. The weakening Aussie dollar further tightened the already slim payouts. There was much better news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton upped its payouts by two thirds while Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum also increased per ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... China policy fine-tuning measures still seen as insufficient. Political atmosphere post US midterm elections remains divisive. Oil unable to sustain earlier bounce. Yes Virginia, this is the general theme explaining for why Wall Street dropped (big time) ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
The bull market in crude oil is no more. Just a month ago and a bit, rumour on the street was that crude oil prices would soar to around US$100 a barrel and beyond. No one could be faulted for believing this. Not after Saudi Arabia and Russia's ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
The last time we talked about oil, prices were surging and reaching for the skies. Crude oil price started to take off roundabout April this year after OPEC announced that its production cuts - starting on the 1 January 2017 and supposed to last for ...