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Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... and maybe even likely. This would follow if the pandemic and containment measures last longer, emerging and developing economies are even more severely hit, tight financial conditions persist, or if widespread scarring effects emerge due to firm closures ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... the bulls pointing to the unprecedented actions taken by central banks and governments to stimulate their respective economies, and the bears who think there is a lot more bad news to come." D'Amato believes everything is reliant on the trajectory ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... especially given that we've yet to see the carnage (to be reported by statistical agencies) the virus has done to economies around the world. The jump in the US unemployment rate to 4.4% in March from 3.5% in February provides a preview. So has the ...

Melbourne fund tightens redemptions amid COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... prices. The fund is expected to be well positioned to benefit from these opportunities in the medium to long term as economies and markets recover." The fund targets an absolute return while investing in listed real estate and infrastructure securities ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... 11 attacks of the same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC in 2007- when most major economies went into a Great Recession. The coronavirus crisis has so far taken the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.5821 from ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... lives and livelihoods of Australians," Morrison said. "Many countries in the months ahead and beyond that may see their economies collapse. Some may seem them hollow out. In the very worst of circumstances we could see countries themselves fall into ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... its bottom, they should look to a stabilisation in the growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the world's three largest economies (China, Europe and the US), Perpetual said. They should also look out for declining credit spreads, for the financial sector ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... long term opportunity set," she said. "We remain very excited about the emergence of the middle class in developing economies whereby we believe infrastructure is one of the clear and early winners of the middle class as it is needed to drive the evolution. ...

Recovery expected in 2021: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... global economy as a whole. Even more will be needed, especially on the fiscal front." Georgieva added that advanced economies are in a better position to respond to the crisis, and many emerging markets and low-income countries are facing significant ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... worldwide recession is at hand. The latest economic stats from China - ground zero - provide an indication of where other economies are headed. Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period following a 6.9% expansion ...