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Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... market conditions would strengthen somewhat further, and inflation would stabilize around 2 percent over the medium term." Ergo, "Most participants judged that if economic information came in about in line with their expectations, it would soon be appropriate ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... energy and food prices and that "underlying inflation pressures remain subdued" - 0.9% in December, January and February. Ergo, the "Governing Council will continue to look through changes in HICP inflation if judged to be transient and to have no implication ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Industry superannuation fund Energy Super has appointed two Queensland energy and financial industry professionals to its board. Joining the nine-member board as employer-representative directors are Clive Skarott and Richard Flanagan. The pair replace ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... 13.4 percent to 12.2 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs increased slightly from 17.0 percent to 17.2 percent." Ergo, "The proportion of consumers expecting their incomes to increase declined from 18.6 percent to 17.2 percent, while the proportion ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... prices - am not so sure about this. This is because China, as we found out last week, is not slowing as much as most expect. Ergo, there's less downside on commodity prices. The single most rational rationale for the A$'s fall is the divergence in monetary ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... are expected to wane gradually". All good on growth....and that, "Inflation expectations appear to be rising on the whole". Ergo... don't expect another stimulus anytime soon. Thank goodness you and I, Virginia, weren't tricked - we warned a repeat of ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... prediction that the US unemployment rate would fall below 6% and inflation would lift to near 2.0% by the end of this year. Ergo, "I've left mine at the end of the first quarter of next year" - his answer to the question on the when of the first rate ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... uneconomically viable with the downing of trade barriers (Free Trade Agreements) coupled with the emergence of low-cost (ergo, cheaper vehicle) Asian imports." It's plain and simple and to be expected.A You don't need a quantum physicist to divine this ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... declaration at her confirmation hearing that she considers the economy and the labour market still operating below potential - ergo, no rush to taper -- sent the Dow and the S&P 500 index to fresh highs. However, the equity market's bull run and the ...