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Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... to settle for staycations. That's good. It would also enticed overseas tourists to visit and spend theirs in this Land Down Under. That's good too. More generally, the floating A$ is doing what it's designed to do. That is, restore equilibrium ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... lower if GDP is higher - but it's also consistent with the Reserve Bank of Australia's more optimistic outlook for this land down under. When the RBA released its monetary policy decision last week - unchanged policy - governor Philip Lowe painted a ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... could almost smell the angst. A billion here, a billion there and soon... China (through its SOEs) would own all of the "land down under". And on importing Chinese workers, hello... our unemployment rate have risen to 6.2% in October (and predicted to ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
All assets with risk attached to them are jumping with joy and dancing on the streets. Global equities - measured by the MSCI All-Country World Index - jumped by 2.3% overnight, the biggest one-day gain since 20 December. The euro hopped above US$1.25. ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The outlook for agriculture is bright with the sector providing a hedge against inflation and population increases set to drive demand, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management said yesterday. Anthony Abraham, executive director of Macquarie Agricultural ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... its long-term potential of between 3.25 per cent and 3.5 per cent. Recent indicators even show that the growth in the Land Down Under might even go over its potential in the months ahead. Fortune cookie. Australia has China to thank for its good fortune. ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...
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