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Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Osaka and Aichi. While still hesitant to re-declare a state of emergency, Suga renewed calls for ministers to implement concrete measures to control the infection. This comes only a few days after the prime minister directed his Cabinet to prepare another ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... FOMO - fear of missing out -- but the release of the May non-farm payrolls report on the 5th of June offered something concrete to bet investors' bottom dollar on. There's a V in there. US employment increased by 2.5 million in the month of May ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... change on our own. However, it is equally important that statements in the public domain are backed up by actions and concrete initiatives," he said. "This report provides insightful information as to which asset managers are putting their money where ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... again, aside from "monitoring", reaffirmation of commitment and standing ready, the communique falls short of assertive concrete actions, financial markets hoped the "magnificent seven" would undertake. However, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... who weren't naughty at least). Global monetary and fiscal authorities would just have to provide assurances and/or concrete policy support until the world shakes off the coronavirus...and they are. The hardest thing to decide on right here and right ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The multi-asset manager has warned of the effects of climate change on investor's portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible ...

SMSF Association reaffirms ATO partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... our relationship. We've been able to use it to benefit our members and SMSF trustees more broadly," Maroney said. "As a concrete example of what this means, the ATO will offer secondment arrangements whereby its staff can come work with [the SMSF Association] ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... January 2020 went into effect a day after heart's day. February 15 marked the day when Washington and Beijing put concrete action into the promised and hoped for de-escalation of trade tensions. On this day, America cut tariffs on US$120 billion ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... argued that increases in the SG rate will be automatically and fully reflected in a decline in wages have not advanced concrete empirical evidence in support of that claim in Australia; instead, they have simply repeated assertions to that effect in ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... inflation over the coming months but only if it becomes persistent. Else, the BOJ would need to back up its words with concrete action.