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Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... increased from 26.5% to 37.9%, while those claiming jobs are "hard to get" declined from 18.5% to 13.2%". And there's US president Joe Biden's US$1.8 trillion American Families Plan and, although still in the works, his broader US$4 trillion ...

Property Funds Association appoints president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
The peak body for Australia's unlisted property funds sector has appointed the former executive director of institutional funds at Evans Dixon as its new president. Property Funds Australia (PFA) has appointed Andrew Cannane to a two-year term ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... this "disastrous" day on Wall Street... and there are raison's a-plenty....and they came in C's. There's US President Joe Biden's plan to lift the capital gains tax, there's the lingering surge in COVID-19 infections, and there's ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... same time devaluing the US Federal Reserve's efforts at guiding the economy out of the pandemic. To be sure, US president Joe Biden's fiscal injections are cause for concern with regards to stoking inflation. As Factset reports, "Biden's ...

S&P rejigs index as BlackRock ETF grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... index on March 10, called the VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy ETF (ASX: CLNE) as it saw investor interest from US President Joe Biden's infrastructure package. CLNE was only $25 million in total assets as of yesterday. Given the smaller size of the ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Healthier consumers are happier consumers are spending consumers. US consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in America in March last year. This is hardly surprising with cases of coronavirus infections ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... on paper, the Fed's outlook is just as Jay said it would be. Growth is expected to be stronger (supported by US President Joe Biden's coronavirus stimulus). In its 'Summary of Economic Projections', Fed participants - board members and ...

VanEck readies new ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... from this structural shift that has the potential to transform industries, society and the world." Newly elected US president Joe Biden recently turned the spotlight on the Paris climate agreement, to which the US has re-committed. Biden has promised ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... economic activity has rebounded from the deep freeze of 2020; there's easy from the Fed and more money coming from US President Biden's US$1.9 trillion contra-virus proposal. Not to mention (again), the psychological fear of missing out (FOMO) ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
With only a matter of days until US President-elect Joe Biden takes office, there are a number of notable finance industry veterans nominated to help his administration lead the nation. The first, and most notable in the economics world is Janet Yellen ...