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Chief economist update: Fed on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... activity going forward. Not only this, the Fed's gentler policy would trickle down onto the policies of other central banks around the globe. Re-flation returns? If so, the Fed's prediction for a 25 bps interest rate hike in 2020 would be right ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... past few weeks - from a mini-me Dr. Doom to a prophet of boom - based on the rationale that the world's major central banks have toned down and/or reversed their hawkish rhetoric (and in China's case, soon Australia, engaged in stimulative fiscal ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... but they have not? But it has not. The RBA must act and cut interest rates soon. Just as the RBA - and most other central banks - justify their decisions to raise interest rates, along the lines of, an early rate hike would reduce the necessity for even ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... currencies down and raised both inflation and inflation expectations in emerging markets, necessitating their respective central banks to lift borrowing costs that, in turn, provided extra impetus to their already slowing economic growth. Thanks to its ...

Chief economist update: European Central Bank policy U-turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... turned Dr. Doom towards the second half of last year, the policy (easing/halt) responses from the world's major central banks (and fiscal authorities - China) have revived my optimism over the global growth outlook and with that, my sentiment for ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... weakness next year (and perhaps, the one after that). But just as the counter-cyclical policies implemented by most central banks around the world at the time of the GFC, China's latest salvo could do the trick (the currently speculated breakthrough ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... A$ trade weighted index. This is hardly surprising given that the Fed's pause has allowed other major world central banks to place their respective monetary policies on ice (as opposed to exit strategies) and/or start thinking about easing. The race ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... market rally is simply an extension of monetary policy, he said. Because interest rates have been suppressed by central banks for some time, earnings were calculated at low discount rates thus pushing present values and ultimately stocks higher, Baur ...

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 ...