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Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... "The underlying equation is simple. The greater the success against the virus, the greater the success in protecting economies against the pandemic." "At the other end of the scale, the hit to most economies is rather larger than that seen in Australia." ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... real economy and avoid assets that will inevitably become stranded. Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said the economies of 2030 and 2050 will look very different to what we have experienced over the last few decades and high-risk climate holdings ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... long-run rise in household indebtedness has increased concerns about the risks this poses globally to banking sectors and economies more broadly, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In a new paper titled How Risky is Australian Household Debt? ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... preliminary they may be, reinforces the fact that COVID-19 is the final arbiter of the outlook for the domestic and global economies. Latest reports out of Victoria engender optimism. The state recorded 179 new cases of infection over the past 24 hours ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... are more now than they were pre the coronavirus pandemic and the negative impact it's having on the US and world economies. US GDP growth plunged at an annualised rate of 32.9% in the June 2020 quarter on top of the 5.0% drop in the first quarter. ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... relatively strongly, while Canada (down 31%) and Australia (down 32%) have lagged many of their peers. "The latter two economies are tied to natural resources and the real estate indices in both countries have heavy weightings to retail, both of which ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... COVID-19 has also returned to Europe. According to Factset: "This week saw a surge in case-growth across major Eurozone economies, raising worries about a second wave derailing the bloc's recovery hopes. Germany recorded its biggest daily spike in ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... the pandemic not over, we are closely watching how countries confront the virus to protect the public and manage their economies," he said. "Policymakers are trying to maximise economic output, while not overrunning health care systems. It's become a ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... from 47.8 in June to a six-month high of 50.8 in July. This is not surprising given the V-shaped bounce in most major economies. Markit Economics data show the US, China and the Eurozone all in expansion territory (above 50) in July. Although Japan's ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... further widespread lockdowns, the recovery in both output and the labour market would be delayed." As with all other economies on planet Earth, the outlook is "dependent on containment of the virus". As with all other government and central banks around ...