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Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... occasions, the Japanese economy was deemed strong enough to withstand an increase in tax on spending. On both occasions a recession ensued. As such, the Japanese government debt to GDP ratio went from 91.2% in 1996 to 110.5% in 1998 and continued to ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... T-note. Yes, Virginia, the US yield curve has inverted and history shows that this is almost always followed by a US recession. But fears of a US recession that would take the world with it may be a bit premature. The inversion needs to be sustained ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
Australia's 27-year-old track record of avoiding recession is coming to an end as yesterday's ABS numbers show the economy is already in effective recession, according to the University of New South Wales. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... capitalist/market economy stabilisation policy theory advising increased government spending to shore up domestic demand in times of recession and/or slowing growth. And if that's not enough, authoritarian China would also persuade (?) financial ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... collapse in 1998) when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession and September 11 terrorists' attacks by depreciating from US$0.65 to below US$0.50. It cushioned the Australian economy ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... their foreheads after the Cabinet Office released its latest National Accounts report and showed the country dodged a recession. Japanese GDP grew 0.3% in the December 2018 quarter following a 0.7% contraction in the previous quarter, lifting the annualised ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
A recession might happen, eventually. But if it does growth might not be far off either, according to Vanguard. Speaking today at the Sydney leg of the fund manager's financial adviser roadshow, Vanguard global chief economist and global head of investment ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... with Commissioner Hayne's report, labelling it cyclical. It is slowing but it's not going to throw Australia into a recession or lead to lower interest rates in the next nine to 12 months, she added.

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... chief investment officer said. Overall, his position is that global growth will hold up and the US isn't going into recession. "We think there'll be some sort of trade deal [between the US and China] but it won't be the most important thing. It'll be ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. It's still too early to tell but ...