Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 281 - 290 of 1110 results for "Stimulus"

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... growing chorus of dissent from central bank heads and officials from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands against a big stimulus package, Draghi over-delivered. "First, as regards the key ECB interest rates, we decided to lower the interest rate on the ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... Prime Minister Kevin Rudd) attention, didn't it? As headlined in The Age (14 October 2008): "Rudd unveils $10.4b stimulus plan" that "includes pre-Christmas payments of $4.8 billion for pensioners, $3.9 billion in support for families, and $1.5 billion ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... it's Trump's tariff war, stupid and the Wall Street Journal 's piece, Cut the Trump Uncertainty Tax... His best stimulus policy would be to end his tariff campaign.

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
"A significant degree of monetary stimulus continues to be necessary to ensure that financial conditions remain very favourable and support the euro area expansion, the ongoing build-up of domestic price pressures, and, thus, headline inflation developments ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... to put the onus back on Trump and echo the Wall Street Journal's words: "Cut the Trump Uncertainty Tax...His best stimulus policy would be to end his tariff campaign."

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... any of these excuses. It's preparing for the worst. According to Factset: "Press continued to focus on potential stimulus measures to counter an economic slowdown... Much of the focus has been on a temporary payroll tax cut... More talk about cutting ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... recent positive developments around US and China trade, China's plan to boost income, potential German fiscal policy stimulus, US economic data holding up despite headwinds, and some better-than-feared earnings reports given global headwinds." Financial ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... negative interest rates; the ECB's forward-guiding, according to the 'Wall Street Journal', "a package of stimulus measures at its next policy meeting in September that should exceed investors' expectations"; the RBNZ's ready to take ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... on July 4: "Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said the initial tax refunds would act much like the stimulus cheques mailed out by the Rudd government during the depths of the global financial crisis in February 2009." "On that occasion ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... to both fiscal and monetary policy stimulation to mitigate the downdraft from trade. One illustration of China's stimulus measures is June's announcement relaxing infrastructure financing rules for local governments by raising their local special ...