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Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus, including progress on vaccinations. The ongoing public health crisis continues to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation, and poses considerable risks to the economic outlook". ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... scarred by the pandemic and the economic toll that it's taken, that we don't do enough to address the pandemic and the public health issues, that we don't get our kids back to school". "There remains tremendous slack in the labor market, and it would ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... economy remained unusually uncertain. It depended on the evolution of the pandemic and measures taken to protect public health, as well as the nature of, and transition to, the new trading arrangements between the European Union and the United Kingdom. ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... telling, Fed chair Jerome Powell thinks that the real rate of unemployment is closer to 10%, also saying: "The ongoing public health crisis continues to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation, and poses considerable risks to the economic ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... Investors. "While markets have performed strongly, we remain conscious of the potential downside risks, including from public health and economic reversals and so the portfolio is positioned at around neutral levels of risk," he said. "This is designed ...

Real AM considers listing new REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Real Asset Management (RAM) said it is considering listing an essential services REIT on the ASX next year after acquiring three regional hospitals for $100 million. The hospitals, previously owned by Canada's Northwest Healthcare Properties, include ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... the path of the economy will depend greatly on the measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19. "The ongoing public health crisis will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the near term, and poses considerable risks ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... expected and the prospect for the rollout of vaccines was encouraging, the pandemic continues to pose serious risks to public health and to the euro-area and global economies". Lagarde hopes the Eurozone "economy to begin functioning under more normal ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... administrations by £2 billion to £16 billion and up to £500 million of funding for councils to support local public health. The Exchequer's largesse came on the same day the UK central bank expanded QE -- increasing its asset purchase target by ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... for as the Fed notes: "The path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus. The ongoing public health crisis will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the near term, and poses considerable risks ...