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The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... interest rates have thus far failed to stoke Australia's "animal spirits". Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake says it best: "Albert Einstein is supposed to have said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... will climb the ranks with five-year growth rates of 10.5 per cent and 16.5 per cent respectively. The fifth panelist Saul Eslake, chief economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, wrapped up the forum with more local analysis, starting with terms of ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... because businesses have been disappointed at the government's performance, Bank of America Merryll Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake said at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney. Eslake said that better business conditions, increasing ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... economist Bob Baur, Financial Services Council chief economist James Bond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Global growth was the economists' main point of ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... boom reaching its peak, construction is set to see "a record year," Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake told Financial Standard. Perpetual head of investment market research Matt Sherwood said that "companies exposed to housing ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... dancing the macarena. But nah, Virginia. In keeping up with our whinging, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist, Saul Eslake, threw the media a bone and now they're running with it and refuse to let go. Don't be happy, worry. For even if the ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... of doom might be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... of doom might be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... jour. Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake warning, "we could be in recession within two years once investment in the resources sector - the great driver of the economy ...

No end in sight for ASX rally: InStreet

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... recently hit its highest point since early 2011. Nevertheless, commentators including Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and Principal Global Investors chief economist Bob Baur believe that low business confidence will continue to hold companies ...