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Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Needless to say, this will raise the country's budget deficit than that forecast by the Treasury in its July Economic and Fiscal Update (JEFU). JEFU estimates a Budget deficit of A$85.8 billion (4.3% of GDP) in FY 2019/2020, projecting it to grow ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... outbreak in Victoria having a major effect on the Victorian economy." Unlike the Federal Treasury's July Economic and Fiscal Update (JEFU) -- published just over a week ago - the RBA was able to incorporate into its deliberation and assessment the ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... effectiveness of the restrictions that's slowing the spread of the virus." When Treasury released its July economic and fiscal update just a little over two weeks ago, it assumed that restrictions re-introduced "across metropolitan Melbourne and ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Australia (-3.2%) were the only non-capital city markets to record a fall in values over the month. But with the government's fiscal support set to taper from October and repayment holidays expiring at the end of March next year, Lawless believes the ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... undercapitalised following the outbreak of the conflict in 2013. "The primary channel of transmission is the occurrence of fiscal crises following a conflict or political instability," it said. "Conflicts and political instability can have a negative ...

Financial comfort reliant on fiscal support: ME Bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... Australian household financial comfort increased to near record highs throughout the pandemic as a result of government fiscal stimulus measures, according to ME Bank's latest Household Financial Comfort Report. Household financial comfort increased ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... were constrained by the earlier market disruption, despite a strong June quarter. "With June 30 marking the end of the fiscal year for many public funds and university endowments, one-year median returns for those segments hovered in the low single digits," ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... contain the prospect of a fall in capital value should interest rates head even lower. The massive amount of monetary and fiscal stimulus implemented around the globe could lead to rising inflation - gold's best friend. All signs appear to point ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Miller said. "However, monetary policy is exhausted and is no longer an appropriate tool to deal with these challenges. Fiscal policy will need to do the heavy lifting but it needs to be intelligently crafted." Miller said the world has hit an inflection ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... mandatory wearing of face masks. Let's see "Karen" try that in China. But I digress. China's cruel policy (along with fiscal and monetary policy stimulus measures) has already produced kind results. It has saved the economy from a technical recession ...