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Insurance firms defy inflationary shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... about 5% per annum at the moment," he said. The sharp increase in global inflation has been largely driven by government stimulus at the onset of the global pandemic, in addition to supply chain bottlenecks, central banks tinkering with monetary policy ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... supply-side restrictions. Furthermore, though China's reopening might not have propped up commodity prices, fiscal stimulus, if deployed in China, could provide some support in 2023," Smith said. "Energy prices have fallen 45% from their peak in ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... from zero-Covid may have disappointed everyone so far, but investors are hoping the government will step in with renewed stimulus to spur the economy back to life."

US recession possible, but recovery would be strong: Capital Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... time around, obviously in the aftermath of COVID, we're looking at a situation where, because of the scale of the stimulus, the US private sector looks in pretty fine fettle as far as balance sheets are concerned." Therefore, Lind said, it's ...

Economic stimulus unlikely in budget: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... prices," he said. It's for this reason, explained Aird, the budget will most likely not provide any real economic stimulus. "As the lag impact of these rate hikes works to slow demand, that means businesses won't be putting up prices in the way ...

Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... China's state-owned companies tend to concentrate on the old economy, and many of them have performed poorly. "Fiscal stimulus aimed at the consumer will benefit new economy sectors, including consumer discretionary, travel, airlines, healthcare, education ...

Early super release scheme a mistake: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... super's purpose was written into law, it may have prevented the previous government from immediately opening-up super when stimulus was needed during the COVID economic downturn," ISA said. "Super should only be for retirement other than in circumstances ...

Capital markets spearhead next recession: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... she predicts. "Excessive levels of debt tend to be very dangerous. We saw this happen in Japan and it tried monetary stimulus and quantitative easing (QE) as it faced challenges in the 90s, which didn't prove to be effective at all," she said. Bhansali ...

I know it's hard, but it could be harder: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... that interest rates were unlikely to rise until 2024. McKim highlighted that Lowe also admitted to overdoing monetary stimulus during the pandemic and said rents weren't likely to be significantly impacted by interest rate increases. "You seem prepared ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... returned 8%. Explaining the results, Costello said: "As was anticipated by the fund, the exceptional monetary and fiscal stimulus of the last few years is being withdrawn, reducing asset prices and introducing much more volatility." "Looking ahead, key ...