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Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... on billions of euros worth of European goods over a dispute about Airbus subsidies" - would only exacerbate the single currency region's weakening growth fundamentals. Perhaps, worse. The ECB's Financial Stability Review (FSR) report released ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... long way towards shielding Australia against the downdraft of slowing global growth... just as it did during the Asian currency crisis and LTCM (long term capital management) collapse in 1997/98, the US recession in 2001 and the Global Financial Crisis ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... banks. Such cartel behaviour cheats Australian businesses in circumstances where they may already have been vulnerable to currency fluctuations," Nishimura said. "These cases are hard and complex to bring but that doesn't mean that wrongdoing on a mass ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... pall engendered by lingering trade tensions, US President Trump is about to raise the stakes and expand the scope to currency manipulators. This I learned from The New York Times (NYT) on May 23, headed, 'Trump Administration to Expand Penalties ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... highs. The Australian dollar's depreciation shielded this 'Lucky Country' from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... country. We wish him all the very best." At the same time, it was confirmed RBC Capital Markets' head of fixed income, currency and commodities Rob McCormack has been promoted to the newly-created position of head of global markets, Asia Pacific.

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... consumer spending, a cheaper AUD to bump up domestic exporters' competitiveness, and lift offshore earnings through currency translations effects all sent the All Ordinaries index 0.7% up at the close of trading. These are perfectly rational expectations ...

Rainmaker unveils the best wholesale managed funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... sector at 3.4%, followed by Australian fixed interest at 4.1%. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said: "Currency has added a lot to the international equities returns if you are unhedged, while Australian resource stocks have eclipsed ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... haven purchases of the yen following the resumption of trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing sent the Japanese currency higher by 1.8% from the previous week, so much so it's year-to-date depreciation has turned into a 0.4% appreciation. ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... shoots are appearing in the Eurozone just in time for spring. Eurostat reports its preliminary estimates show the single-currency region's GDP increased by 0.4% in the March 2019 quarter - better than market expectations for a 0.3% gain - from 0.2% ...