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RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... rate news. As such, the other option the RBA has at its disposal is to keep the cash rate steady at 0.10%. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham stated in keeping cash rates steady, the RBA could effectively acknowledge the pick-up in inflation and repeat ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... particularly from Russia and Ukraine. The increases will have lasting knock-on effects, World Bank Prospects Group chief economist John Baffes said. "The sharp rise in input prices, such as energy and fertilizers, could lead to a reduction in food production ...

Barrenjoey poaches several new hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... focus on clients in the resource sector. Watson will be based in Perth. These hires follow the appointment of chief economist Jo Masters who joined in March. Masters joined from EY where she was chief economist for over three years. She also previously ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... though there is a recession or a crisis, although there is no such situation. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney today, Wood said the Morrison government's fiscal policy strategy is very unusual. "The government is ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... budget was a "massive missed opportunity", according to Nicki Hutley, a climate councillor at the Climate Council and an economist and former Partner at Deloitte Access Economics. Hutley calculated that just 0.3% of total expenditure for 2021-2024 has ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... lot of that is likely to be dedicated to election promises. "It's hard to say what those measures will be," AMP chief economist Shane Oliver explains. "But I suspect there will be some goodies in the budget that they will roll out during the election ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
A Macquarie Business School academic has said one-off payments like those expected in next week's Federal Budget won't do anything to address long-term structural issues in Australia's economy. A one-off payment to combat the rising cost of living is ...

EY appoints chief economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Austrade's Cherelle Murphy has been appointed to the role of chief economist for EY Oceania, effective March 21. Murphy joins EY from Austrade where she has been chief economist, helping guide government policy in trade, foreign investment, and tourism. ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
'War in Ukraine wipes $73b from sharemarket': According to the Australian Financial Review that's how much Australia's sharemarket lost upon hearing the news that Russia has invaded Ukraine. Both the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index and the ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
War, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, uhh - Edwin Starr "Crude soars, and stocks and crypto bomb lower, as fears of a Russia-Ukraine war consume global markets" - Fortune.com (22 February 2022) "The Dow Falls Just Short of a Correction. ...