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Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Finder's RBA cash rate survey reveals 58% of economists expects a rate rise in 2022. In this month's survey, 36 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the state of the economy. While almost all ...

Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
... easing of social restrictions and the re-opening of businesses. Quarantined consumers' pent-up demand were suddenly let loose. Factories are now humming to satisfy the rebound in household spending. This has spurred sharp increases in commodity prices ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Australia's state of Victoria is back in lockdown. So are Victorians' irritation and anger at having their lives and livelihood restricted for the fourth time since the coronavirus began early last year. So are estimates of the cost to the state ...

Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The government has announced a $110 billion infrastructure project pipeline to help fuel the post COVID-19 economic stimulus, and it's not just concrete and steel. Billed as one of the budget's cornerstone commitments, the government will spend an extra ...

Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Expansion in private sector activity with a dash of inflation. This is the overriding conclusion that could be derived from the flash estimates of the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys conducted for the US, the Eurozone, the UK ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... year 2020 started out disastrous (literally) for the country with Prime Minister Scott Morrison copping flak for "hanging loose" in Hawaii while Australia burned. The bushfires that devastated much of southeastern Australia and the ongoing drought prompted ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... for goods and services that, in turn, will make it imperative for global central banks and fiscal authorities to reverse loose policy pledges. We all know what higher bond yields do to the stockmarket, they weigh it down. The better an individual country ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... hopin' and prayin' for Biden's US$1.2 trillion fiscal stimulus package passes and that the Fed continue to maintain loose monetary policy... sans inflation. But to quote the title of the 2003 American romantic comedy film, "something's ...