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Extended lockdown could spur worst recession on record: Grattan

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
A six-month lockdown could spur Australia's worst recession since the Second World War, if not the Great Depression, according to the Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates. In an op-ed for The Conversation, the Institute's household finances program director ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... Burman Invest founder Julia Lee. "The Australian sharemarket has come back from pricing in a possible depression to a recession," she said. "The market is starting to price in the possibility that the recovery will be short and quick and helped along ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... weighted index gained 0.93% on the day. Mighty Mo's splurge might not stop Australia from registering its first recession in 28 years but it'll keep it short and shallow.

Your super is safe with us: Silk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
The chief executive of the nation's largest super fund has written to members reassuring them that their super will be safer staying with the fund. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk said during this unprecedented time, members should refrain ...

Diversification pays off for some, but not all: bfinance

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... likely outcome' from an economic standpoint," bfinance said. "In total, 31% of the group lean more towards the 'prolonged recession' camp, while 32% sit on the 'faster recovery' side of the fence."

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Daily reports of the rising number infections and fatalities from COVID-19 are matched only by tightening restrictions on social interaction and the ever-increasing amount of money released from government and central bank coffers. How wide and far-ranging ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... solidarity-which was a major theme of the meeting today," Georgieva said. "The outlook for global growth for 2020 it is negative-a recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse. But we expect recovery in 2021."

The bulls are back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... quarter. This may come as a breakdown in business activity and fears of corporate defaults foreshadow a deep global recession. The CBOE volatility index fell 2.9 points, but was still at levels far above those in 2018 and 2019.

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... said. "The GFC is slightly more similar to what we are seeing with COVID-19, because it will likely amount to a global recession." However, that is where the similarities end between the coronavirus and the GFC, he said. "The GFC was ultimately caused ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... resume... The virus is going to dictate the timetable here." And if I may add, the coronavirus will dictate the depth of the recession, the height of the unemployment rate and the amount of additional dollars spent to bribe it to go away.