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Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... would be eased as soon as this week. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg estimates that the NSW lockdown is costing the economy $700 million a week. Some estimate a hit to the economy of up to $1 billion weekly. Both agree that the longer the lockdown ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... contributed a regular column to a Japanese financial newspaper. From 1987 to 2006, he contributed a fortnightly column on the economy and investments to the Business Review Weekly and now contributes a fortnightly column on investments for The Australian. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... this year's high of 1.74% recorded at the end of March. IHS Markit's US PMI survey supported concerns that the economy has reached its peaked. While still at a reading indicating expansion, the composite PMI slowed to a lower than expected 63.7 ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... customer engagement and noted life insurance provides stable, long-term investment and injects significant funds into the economy. Life insurance channels household savings into productive investment, enables risk to be managed efficiently, complements ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... markets concerned over increased restrictions or delayed reopening. These affirm ECB president Lagarde's view that the economy while starting to rebound, it remains fragile. Similarly, flash estimates of Eurozone inflation - core inflation eased ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... restrictions in other states and territories and border closures, the lockdown in Sydney alone is estimated to cost the economy around $2 billion. Melbourne's fourth lockdown provides a precedent. It's 14-day lockdown (starting on May 28) weakened ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... mainly in the face-to-face services sector, is expected to be lower than that prior to the pandemic for the time being, the economy is likely to recover, with the impact of COVID-19 waning gradually and supported by an increase in external demand, accommodative ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Australians hope that their diversified portfolios will continue to achieve double-digit returns as the pandemic shifts the economy to recovery phase, a new survey finds. Aussie participants in the 2021 Natixis global survey said COVID-19 has not dampened ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... in inflation is expected to be transitory... because overall, there is judged to be spare capacity in aggregate in the economy at present." The country's unemployment rate may have dropped to an eight-month low of 4.7% in the three months to April ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... course, these projections do not represent a Committee decision or plan, and no one knows with any certainty where the economy will be a couple of years from now. More important than any forecast is the fact that, whenever liftoff comes, policy will ...