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Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... ETFs... Central banks in Brazil, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines in South Africa all cut rates." And at home: "RBA cut cash rate by 25 bp to 0.25% and announced a government bond buying program to anchor 3Y yield around 0.25%. Central bank established ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... March 16 saw the Reserve Bank of New Zealand deliver its own "emergency" rate cut - a 75 bps reduction in the official cash rate from 1.0% to 0.25%. Fiscal authorities have also been doing their bit. There was Trump's (see above) and China (previous ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... and give high yields, particularly compared to Hong Kong and to some extent, the US." Yoong said the recent official cash rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia makes A-REIT yields even more attractive. "A-REITS now yield about 5% - a lot better than ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... responded: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut interest rates by 25 bps earlier this month, taking the official cash rate to a new record low of 0.5% and is expected to cut some more. The Morrison government recently announced a A$17.6B ($11.4B) ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... assistance for the airline, hotel and cruise industries. In the tweets, Trump took aim at Powell and called for further cash rate cuts. "Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... decision to cut interest rates on the same day suggests that a coordinated response is underway. The RBA cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 0.50% at its 3 March meeting "to support the economy as it responds to the global ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Finder's RBA Cash Rate Survey found 90% of economists believe there will be a rate cut in 2020, with 15% expecting the cut to come tomorrow. Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said 20 economists specifically called out the threat of the coronavirus. ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
While the market focus has moved on from the woes of 2019, investors in 2020 and facing similar global risks, according to Mihkel Kase, portfolio manager - fixed income at Schroders. Kase said the concerns investors faced in 2019 - think trade war and ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... economists and the financial markets factoring in at least one more 25 bps RBA rate cut -- that would take the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 0.50% -- or perhaps two, to 0.25% (which is the RBA's line in the sand). At this point, it's ...