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Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... Williams only recently declared that the fed funds rate is now at neutral - the ECB has just announced LTRO III; the BOJ governor saying "we'll consider easing policy"; the BOE adding "gradual pace and to a limited extent" to its forward guidance ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... outlook on household consumption. There's also the negative wealth effect from falling property prices. Yet, RBA governor Philip Lowe doesn't seem perturbed. Lowe told his audience at the AFR Business Summit yesterday that "the "wealth effect" ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... There's Brexit in the UK, while Australia is bracing for the upcoming Federal election. But there's one truism in RBA Governor Philip Lowe's latest statement: "In China, the authorities have taken further steps to ease financing conditions ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... that, when ask whether the BOJ had the necessary tools to boost stimulus to counter the pressure from a sharp yen rise, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda replied: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we consider it necessary ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... range at 2%." These were the rationales behind the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) decision - as explained by Governor Adrian Orr - to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% after its February 13 monetary policy deliberations. That's ...

Former Westpac GM joins APRA review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... currently serves as a non-executive director of Wesfarmers. Joining Smith-Gander on the review panel will be former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Grant Spencer. Spencer formerly held senior roles at the International Monetary Fund ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... consistent with sustainable growth in the economy and achieving the inflation target over time." That's what RBA Governor Philip Lowe said yesterday in his monetary policy statement, explaining the rationale behind the Australian central bank's ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... point where it could threaten our medium-term objective, then we would not restrict the economy's growth," Former RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane Current Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe and the distinguished men and women of the ...