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Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... achievement of the inflation target over time." But back to the point. A surprise RBA rate cut would unnerve financial markets and spark speculations that the Australian central bank is more concerned about the domestic economy than it is letting on. ...

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said. Despite the fact that the June quarter was positive for financial markets given the ASX200 rose by 7.9%, Ross said retail funds only grew by 0.4% quarter on quarter. "During the same period ...

Chief economist update: US yield curve pictorial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... inversion before 2001 US recession: negative 66 bps Max inversion before the 1990- 1991 US recession: negative 5 bps Financial markets appear to be using the 10y bond/2y note spread as its gauge. Here's what that yield curve looks like (history only ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... than US President Donald Trump himself. Two things are certain. One, Jerome would be careful not to disappoint financial markets that are expecting another 25 bps cut that will take the fed funds rate down to 1.75%-2.0% at the September FOMC meeting ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... bolstered) straight after his victory and his tax cuts and increased infrastructure spending. So much so, that financial markets and central banks were counting the days when (not if) monetary policy will be returned to normal. Then Trump had to say ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... economic data holding up despite headwinds, and some better-than-feared earnings reports given global headwinds." Financial markets can justify the one-day rebound all they want but at the end of the day, the US yield curve depicted by the differential ...

Industry expert to bolster Chi-X capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... market operations in 2014. Chi-X refers to Warton as an industry expert due to his over 30 years' experience in financial markets technology and software development in the financial markets industry. Chi-X experience rapid growth since launch - now ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... bps rate cut. The Bank of Thailand (BOT) snipped 25 bps off its key policy interest rate to 1.50%, surprising financial markets which expected it to keep rates unchanged. This was the central bank's first interest rate cut since April 2015. The Reserve ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... May) makes it highly likely that it would announce another one (or two or three?) reduction in interest rates. Financial markets expect the RBA to cut interest rates by another 25 bps to 0.75% at its November 2019 meeting. While the RBA remains optimistic ...