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Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... down to economic basics. He cited work from Deutsche Bank chief economist Torsten Slok who noted that the US has had a recession every decade since 1770. "The trigger is unusual, but having a recession and a bear market in stocks is part and parcel of ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... profit from increased volatility can be beneficial." Google search trends reveal that Australians have googled the term "recession" more now than during the GFC but are also searching "buy shares" at a significantly higher rate than "sell shares", which ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... back to health. "Even if we lifted all of its restrictions right now, demand for our exports would remain at global recession levels, pushing our economy backwards," they said. "Adding to the case for enormous extra spending is the additional reality ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite improving investor sentiment and inflows into emerging markets, the coronavirus pandemic will have a significant economic impact on several countries, as they struggle to manage the health emergency. That's according to Amundi Asset Mangement ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... passes." However, Grattan said that while history shows recovery from periods of high unemployment usually takes time, this recession was brought on deliberately and with significant government support. "This time may be different," Grattan's analysis ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... trickle-down effect on the rest of the world, mainly Asia), it would not prevent this lucky country from registering its first recession in 28 years. China's double-digit GDP growth (at the time) shielded Australia from the Great Recession of 2008/09 ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global macro ...

Worse than the Great Depression: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period. "This makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis." Gopinath said if the pandemic fades in the ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
"It is very likely that this year the global economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the global financial crisis a decade ago. The Great Lockdown, as one might call it, is projected to shrink ...

Big four urged to pay up dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... Australians, many of whom are retirees, will put further strain on the economy, which we believe will fall into a deep recession in the June quarter of 2020," he said. The investment manager said the big four banks paid 30% of gross dividends of the ...