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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... straight month of expansion in Australia's manufacturing sector. All eyes will be on the RBA's board meeting this week (July 6). Recall that at its meeting in May, it announced that: "At its July meeting, the Board will consider whether to retain ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... quasi-emergency status declared on Tokyo and six other prefectures hasn't fully run its course (it's scheduled to be lifted on July 11) and yet, Yasutoshi Nishimura - Japan's economic revitalisation minister and head of the government's ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... be giving earlier this month - that would be political suicide. But the RBA could start tapering some of its stimulus (in July as forward guided) to ensure that rising inflation pressures, indeed, are "transitory".

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... percentage points (or 33,000 people) above the start of the pandemic and 2.0 percentage points below the 7.5% high recorded in July 2020 and the sixth straight monthly decline in the jobless rate. However, the ABS' "Labour Force" report showed that ...

Long way for super complaints overhaul

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... overshooting the 45-day deadline for resolving member complaints. The new IDR rules were set out in RG 271 introduced last July. Under it, efficient complaints handling became an obligation under the Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... year to the March 2021 quarter from 1.5% in the previous quarter. The RBA would be justified whether it tapers or not come July.

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... what happens to the Tokyo Olympics - cancelled in 2020 and expected to proceed three months and some change from today (23 July 2021)? Although transient, Olympics country hosts benefit from increased travel and tourism and broadcast rights to events. ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... nearly 2.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses a day - roughly enough to vaccinate every adult (18 and older) in the country by July 4" - just in time for Independence Day. While the US unemployment rate -- at 6.2% in February - remained well-above pre-pandemic ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... to 67 in order to make a bring-forward non-concessional contribution to super. While this was slated to take effect on 1 July 2020, the legislation has yet to pass in parliament. Howard said the volume of adviser queries on this subject remains high ...