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Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... of doom might be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... jour. Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake warning, "we could be in recession within two years once investment in the resources sector - the great driver of the economy ...

No end in sight for ASX rally: InStreet

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... recently hit its highest point since early 2011. Nevertheless, commentators including Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and Principal Global Investors chief economist Bob Baur believe that low business confidence will continue to hold companies ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... delegates at Sydney's Westin Hotel, Macquarie Group's Richard Gibbs; Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur; Merrill Lynch's Saul Eslake; RBC Capital Market's Su-Lin Ong; and UBS's Scott Haslem explained that the greatest question facing the Australian ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Australia chief economist Saul Eslake said that how Australia negotiates this "batting change" from mining growth to one or more other areas of the economy will ...

2013 Chief Economists Forum, reserve your seat now

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Melbourne. Confirmed chief economists include Macquarie Group's Richard Gibbs, Bob Baur, Principal Global Investors, Saul Eslake, Bank of America Merril Lynch and Su-Lin Ong, RBC Capital Markets (Sydney only). The premier events will be held in Sydney ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... that have lead to the housing affordability problem in Australia being amongst the worst in the western world. But Saul Eslake, chief economist in Australia for the Bank of America and long time observer of the housing market in Australia, has said numerous ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Global Economics at the UNSW Australian School of Business, Clifford Bennett, chief economist at White Crane Group, and Saul Eslake, chief economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia. In delivering Macquarie's market outlook for 2012, Gibbs ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... soured from improvements in productivity.... While the other is how you distribute the income gains as a result," said Saul Eslake, chief economist, Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Australia also speaking at the event. Eslake told delegates how Australia's ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... recovery will need to rely on the underlying fundamentals of the US economy rather than extra liquidity." Economist Saul Eslake, program director at the Grattan Institute said neither governments nor central banks now had the means to respond in textbook ...