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Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... may play out in terms of both the duration and reach of the pandemic and the potential for panic to spread to financial markets and result in an over-reaction that then feeds back into the real economy." Despite this - and the recent toilet paper frenzy ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... shock," Craig said. "Since September last year the Fed has shown its willingness for the clean functioning of financial markets, stepping in to provide liquidity when needed." The Fed is not the only central bank to start implementing more drastic measures ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... hibernation in full force. There was no place to hide. Everywhere you look, there's gloom and... there's doom. Financial markets are running scared - the VIX index jumped by 40% overnight to a reading of 75.47 - the highest since the 80.86 reading ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... when 10-year Italian bond yields soared to as high as 3.65% - compared with the 0.47% rate on German bonds - as financial markets became concerned over the country's ability to pay down its debts. This is because the country's slowing economic ...

Netflix-for-funds bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... Chinese languages. Previously, Chin served as head of marketing at Sydney Futures Exchange. Hirst said Chin's financial markets experience across the Asia Pacific region would help Forum 360's management team to "mould the solution for the intricacies ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... definitive about how this crisis will eventually play out, my experience over more than 30 years of being active in financial markets tells me that no matter what the short-term outlook, this too shall pass." After being identified in Wuhan, China, three ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... expected to shave 0.1%-0.3% off Japan's GDP growth for FY 2020-2021. It's therefore hardly surprising that financial markets widely expect the BOJ to announce an easing monetary policy very, very soon. But with its policy rate at negative 0.1% ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... pencilling in an increased risk of a recession. These dire prognoses, along with the heightened volatility in the financial markets, have spurred finance ministers and central bank governors of the G7 to assure us, mere mortals, of a concerted response. ...

Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... solution helps advisers to align the personal circumstances and objectives of each client with the realities of financial markets, so that advisers can offer more comprehensive advice. AdviserLogic will remain Morningstar's core financial planning offering ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... "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 the US Federal Reserve's ...