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Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... virtually vapourised in Australia but to be safe(r), vaccines have been rollin' rollin', at the same time that both monetary and fiscal policies continue to push economic momentum forward. How good is that? Well, it's so good that Australian ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... successfully incentivised Australians to borrow and spend - with the housing market, in Sydney especially, running hot - monetary policy globally will force investors to think outside the box. An incredible 40-year bull run in the bond market is well ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Planes, trains and automobiles (and ships) were grounded. And oh, don't forget the mass hoarding of toilet paper. Monetary and fiscal policy largesse have succeeded in mitigating the deep recessions many countries experienced from diving deeper. ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... school. The global pandemic continues to threaten women's progress on gender equality, according to the International Monetary Fund. Women faced more challenges given they dominate sectors that require face-to-face contact, such as health, hospitality ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... through to full vaccinations. Currently, about two million doses are administered per day. "It will be helped along by monetary policy that is likely to stay easy for a long period of time. There is a risk that if we don't dial back stimulus once we're ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... quarter growth, adding 2.3 percentage points and 0.7 percentage point, respectively. Sure, sure, Australia was still in monetary and fiscal crutches at the time but as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg notes: "In the December quarter, direct economic support ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... program and the bank is prepared to do more if that is necessary." All this while at the same time pledging to maintain monetary policy support, i.e., "not increase the cash rate until actual inflation is sustainably within the 2-3% target range". This ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... of the bad feelings" from the pandemic-cursed year of 2020 are beginning to disappear thanks to counter-measures from monetary and fiscal authorities, easing cases of infections and deaths, and as nation's around the world begin jabbing their citizens ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... prayin' for Biden's US$1.2 trillion fiscal stimulus package passes and that the Fed continue to maintain loose monetary policy... sans inflation. But to quote the title of the 2003 American romantic comedy film, "something's gotta give"... ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... provided a more optimistic assessment of and outlook for the domestic labour market. In its February 2021 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (SoMP), the RBA declared that: "The outlook for the labour market has improved as a result of the better ...