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Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... infrastructure not only because they generate solid long-term returns but because they create local jobs and stimulate the economy." However, Linden added that while the industry is prepared to fill the gap, it is reliant on the government to ensure ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... globe, the Politburo's swift, decisive and draconian measures to control the coronavirus outbreak have prevented the economy from suffering a recession that most other economies did or are still under. After contracting by 6.8% in the year to the ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Brexit is over. But even before the UK and the EU shook hands on the post-Brexit trade and cooperation pact on 24 December 2020 and before the ink on the signatures of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... implemented by the government, along with the Fed's interest rate reduction and QE, mitigated the negative impact on the economy. Low and lowered interest rates induced TINA (there is no alternative) trade as investors sought better returns in the ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... the COVID-19 Response Package and $74 billion under the JobMaker Plan." The Federal Treasury unleashed stimulus onto the economy: "To responsibly deal with the greatest challenge of our time and rebuild our economy and secure Australia's future...to ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Committee's maximum employment and price stability goals." The US central bank continued to warn that the path of the economy will depend greatly on the measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19. "The ongoing public health crisis will continue ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... favourable financing conditions over the pandemic period, thereby supporting the flow of credit to all sectors of the economy, underpinning economic activity and safeguarding medium-term price stability. At the same time, uncertainty remains high, including ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
However it's measured, economic growth has rebounded in the Land of the Rising Sun from the depths of the huge contraction recorded in the June 2020 quarter. Japanese GDP surged at an annualised rate of 22.9% in the September quarter (from a 29.2% ...

We've done our part, now it's your turn: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... solely responsible for economic recovery and the federal government also needs to pitch in. Lowe explained that while the economy is recovering better than initially expected, the RBA is limited in the tools it has at its disposal to spur economic activity. ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... Australians all, for generally following social distancing and lockdown guidelines. We're not quite there yet. The economy remains 3.8% lighter than it was a year ago but the sharp advance in the main component of GDP - household consumption - portends ...