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Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... economic shock. Most economic restrictions are planned to be unwound by July," the report said. "However, should widespread contagion resume, with a return of lockdowns, confidence would suffer and cash-flow would be strained. "In that double-hit scenario ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... countries arguing for increased deficit spending and fiscally-responsible Germany refusing. The ECB fought the threat of contagion from Grexit and won. Eurozone member governments must band together to win against the coronavirus contagion if they are ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... he did "whatever it took" to save the splintering of the single currency region from splintering due to the "Grexit" contagion. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have been just politicking when he announced several bushfire recovery measures ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... equity market dynamics. There's also the monetary and fiscal policy responses that should help inoculate from the contagion.

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... 1.0%, the Nikkei-225 fell by 0.8%, the Shanghai composite gave up 1.5% and the Hang Seng index plunged by 2.0% -- in contagion fears. According to The Guardian: "China confirmed 291 cases of infected patients in an update on Tuesday. There have also ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... the first to call him that!). Eurozone GDP growth started to improve from the recession borne of Grexit and fears of contagion in 2013 to a peak of 3.0% annual growth in the December quarter of 2017 (the fastest growth rate prior to the GFC) - so much ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... England (BOE) to cut its GDP growth outlook to 1.2% this year (previously prior 1.7%) and 1.5% (from 1.7%) in 2020. Contagion here we come? Again?

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... impact Chinese consumers and the wider economy. The final factor is the consideration of whether emerging markets are in contagion. He believes Brazil's story will prove this to be a myth - especially as new President Jair Bolsonaro begins in January ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... governments' deficits" and that "I'm still confident an agreement will be found." But it should be given the threat of contagion to other countries in the single-currency region. Italian bond yields have soared to a four-year high of 3.62% from ...

Super funds cut exposures to banks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... superannuation, banking and the housing sector, which constitutes 70% of bank loans, are intensely commingled. The potential for contagion risk is therefore high," the report said. "But while Australian equities stock holdings are very concentrated ...