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Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
The International Monetary Fund has predicted global public debt will rise to its highest levels in history as a result of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of a sharp decline in global output, a massive fiscal response has ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... higher compared with 2020's opening trade of US$92.58/tonne. China's return to normality - plus accommodative monetary and fiscal policies - should underpin improved activity with a consequent rise in steel production, and therefore demand for ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... from two metres to one "to allow businesses to be able to reopen". The relaxation of restrictions in the UK (aided by monetary and fiscal stimulus measures) - like in most other nations around the world - sparked a recovery in economic activity, underscored ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... the economic recovery remains highly uncertain. "The substantial, coordinated and unprecedented easing of fiscal and monetary policy in Australia is helping the economy through this difficult period. It is likely that fiscal and monetary support will ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... "Returns were strong in the first half of the year, and financial markets have been buoyed by the enormous amount of monetary and fiscal stimulus from governments in the past three months." June was the third consecutive positive month for the country's ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... by 38.8%; the Nasdaq by 46.6%; and, the Russell 2000 by 45.4%. Wall Street's recovery was facilitated by massive monetary and fiscal spending. The US Congress passed a US$2 trillion emergency stimulus package in efforts to lessen the toll on the ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... earth, core inflation measures in advanced economies continue to decelerate. This could be due to the lagged effects of monetary (and fiscal) policy. They haven't had time to filter through into the system yet. But as both the IMF and the OECD's ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... September and October) while at the same time, and along with other major world central banks, offering forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative going forward. So much so, that the IMF forecasts global growth to rise from 2.9% ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... year. Latest forecasts by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and the Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tells the same story. The 'OECD Economic Outlook, June 2020' report shows the Eurozone economy contracting ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... same stat is higher in the US (0.74%); Brazil (0.6%); Russia (0.4%); and equals New Zealand (0.03%). The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recently-released 'World Economic Outlook, June 2020' update reinforces the luck of Australians (sorry ...