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Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... the RBA cuts in June. Doing more would do more harm than good. It could re-inflate the property market bubble and household debt, that (as of the December 2018 quarter) was running at a record high 189.6% of disposable income - ultimately, lifting financial ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... Australian economy. This is because a second rate CUT would reignite the bubble in the property market and lift household debt to new record highs. Then again, you, I and Irene, will have to wait for how these new developments pan out, plug it into the ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... time of heightened risk. Although many of those risk factors remain - high house prices, low interest rates, high household debt, and subdued income growth - two more recent developments have led us to review the appropriateness of the interest rate ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... my guess was premised on the persistent weakness in consumer spending - due to lacklustre wages growth and high household debt levels - and the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... 4% average growth rate during the boom years preceding the 2008 global financial crisis. "Debt levels are high". Household debt to disposable income was clocked at 188.6% of household disposable income in the September quarter of 2018. "And some asset ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... accumulating further". "Australia's housing market is a source of vulnerabilities due to elevated prices and related household debt. A direct hit to the financial sector from a wave of mortgage defaults is unlikely. "However, if house prices collapse ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... 4% average growth rate during the boom years preceding the 2008 global financial crisis. "Debt levels are high". Household debt to disposable income rose to an all-time high of 190.5% in the second quarter (latest available). "And some asset prices have ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... led by China and melting emerging markets, Brexit, wobbly share markets and on the domestic front, record high household debt levels, stagnant wages growth, declining property prices and weak consumer spending. The rise in capex expectations could be ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... the RBA's 2%-3% target band. And then, there's the risk of falling property prices which, along with high household debt levels, both institutions consider a macroeconomic risk. Given current forecasts, it'll be a brave RBA that'll raise ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... calls for renewed slowing in wages growth over the next two quarters. There's also the record high level of household debt. Latest available ABS data show that household debt to disposable income rose to 190.5% in the June quarter from 189.6% in ...