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Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... now that the Fed has paused its policy normalisation policy that, in turn, will give reprieve to other major world central banks to freeze their own. Nearer term, there's the uncertainty over the upcoming Federal election and, of course, the repercussions ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
I've got chills, they're multiplying and I fear that the RBA is about to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... move as a matter of "national security". The Fed's fresh iteration of being "data dependent" - a given for all central banks on the planet - means zilch given Trump's unpredictability. Case in point, the Fed was on its way towards normalising ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... property market would intensify and that: "The experience from housing downturns in other advanced economies is that central banks nearly always end up cutting policy rates... Capital expects prices in the capital cities to drop 15% from their peak making ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... predicted slowdown in global growth would no doubt bring with it counter-cyclical policies from governments and central banks. The Fed has already changed its policy stance from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to one that would be "patient ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... reserve requirement ratio - and promises of more monetary and fiscal stimuli - in China; and expectations that the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. The same expectations go for the Reserve ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... bigger challenges back then than the one it faces now. These were resolved by money, when the Fed and other major central banks flooded the system with liquidity. By raising interest rates (along with QE tapering), the Fed is siphoning liquidity from ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... of passive products. "This is partly due to the lack of volatility in the market and partly due to the fact that central banks globally have been very active in the markets, keeping interest rates low." Interest rate sensitivity With global interest ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... synchronised global growth upswing of 2017. In addition, the flow-on effects of lower oil prices in inflation would inspire central banks (especially in emerging markets) to go slow on interest rate hikes.

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... depreciation, experienced rising inflation in their respective domestic economies. This has prompted many emerging market central banks to raise interest rates, damping business activity and hence, demand for crude. In a phrase, the synchronised economic ...