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Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... travel restrictions on activity. New orders declined for the fifth straight month in December, along with exports and employment. This was partly offset by the stronger manufacturing PMI - up from 53.8 in November to 55.2 in the following month - the ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... authorities prompt and aggressive counter-cycle responses saw us through the year - mitigating impact on businesses and employment - that, at the same time, underwrote gains (or limited the losses in most equity markets. Punctuated by the roll-out of ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Budget to peak at 8% in the December quarter, is now forecast to peak at 7.5% in the March quarter 2021, with both employment and the participation rate higher than expected. The unemployment rate is expected to fall to 6.25% by the June quarter 2022 ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Michael Lovett as head of superannuation. 9. Statewide dumps executives (January 23) Statewide Super terminated the employment of both its chief risk officer and chief financial and operating officer in early January for breaching internal controls. ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... range until labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2% and is on track to moderately exceed 2% for some time." "In addition, the Federal Reserve will ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... off a virtuous circle of increased household spending, higher corporate profits, lifting business confidence, raising employment, buoying consumer confidence... Then again, third and fourth wave cases of infections dictate that Australia must remain ...

Aberdeen Standard pulls plug on Aussie fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... funds under management of the Aussie fixed income team, the timeline for return of funds to investors, and the future employment of the team's investors. The team was highly respected (especially for its sector rotation expertise, as one observer ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... In the meantime, the multiplying number of infections is putting a brake on consumer spending, that's affecting employment, that circle its way back to spending. US non-farm payrolls rose by 245,000 in November. This is below consensus expectations ...

AAT refuses Allegra AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... loan from a client while he was an authorised representative of another licensee leading to the termination of his employment. Allegra failed to mention this in its application and Schonfelder provided misleading information as to why his employment ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... percentage points to the September quarter growth. The outlook is even brighter should the larger-than-expected gain in employment in October continue, boosting consumer confidence and even more spending that, in turn, lifts already improving business ...