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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 ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... half outlook for some of Australia's listed companies. However, Argo said low interest rates and a possible further cash rate cut will drive equities higher, as investors throw cheap money at markets in their quest for yield. Argo said tourism operators ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... said it expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut rates a further 50bps this year, which would bring the official cash rate down to 0.25%. Redican said TCorp does not expect a significant boost in Australia's fiscal stimulus, suggesting growth will ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... because "[It] is pretty much in line with the RBA's latest forecasts which take the pressure off the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting in February." Recall that in its latest (November 2019) Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), the RBA ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... interest rate cuts or quantitative easing from the RBA would certainly provide a tailwind for house prices, but with the Cash Rate already at an all-time low of 0.75%, the potential for a sizeable amount of additional monetary policy stimulus appears ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... sentiment supports expectations for more RBA rate cuts. Then again, another one (or two) more reduction in the official cash rate from the current record low of 0.75% -- the RBA has explicitly stated it won't go to zero - might have the opposite ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... maintain accommodative monetary policies. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), for one, is expected to lower the official cash rate by at least another 25 basis points to 0.5% this year. This would certainly prompt many an Australian investor to reach ...

Chief economist update: More jobs dull rate cut bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... therefore not surprising that financial markets have reduced their expectations that the RBA would cut the official cash rate by another 25 bps (to 0.5%) at its first meeting for 2020 (in February). However, the details of the report should cause pause ...