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Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... August 14, he offered a different prescription. "Give man a fish" - JobKeeper, JobSeeker, Backing Business Initiative, HomeBuilder initiative - "and you feed him for a day" (these schemes have limited the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... rebound in the domestic economy starting in the September quarter. More so, given Mighty Mo's recently-announced Homebuilder initiative - A$25,000 grant for homebuilders and renovators - that should support the construction sector and the property ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
US data releases dumped on our screens overnight, combined with easing US/North Korean tensions, provide another green light for the Fed to proceed with policy normalisation. Balance sheet unwinding and another rate hike before 2017 turns into 2018 ...

EG partners with leading Japanese homebuilder

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Real estate manager EG Funds Management has settled its second, $33 million joint venture with a leading Japanese homebuilder. Under the terms of the JV, Daiwa House Group, its Australian subsidiary Cosmos Australia and Sumitomo Forestry will acquire ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a flat open after a sluggish lead from Wall Street. At 0656 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... its third straight record, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 31.44 (0.67 per cent) to 4,702.44. US homebuilder confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... its third straight record, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 31.44 (0.67 per cent) to 4,702.44. US homebuilder confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... sales in August and worries about Chinese manufacturing data due to be released on Tuesday hit investor sentiment. Homebuilder stocks fell sharply after the National Association of Realtors said existing-home sales fell 1.8 per cent in August, following ...

Black Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open weaker after a negative finish on overseas markets. At 0757 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 63 points lower at 4,898 points, with 4,654 contracts traded. In economics news ...