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The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... almost all investors. Combine this with aggressive policy responses that are both restrictive (lockdowns) and supportive (monetary and fiscal stimulus), and it is not surprising to me that we have seen a dramatic increase in market volatility as investors ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... according to State Street Global Advisors head of global macro policy research Amlan Roy, who argues the International Monetary Fund's prediction of global growth falling to -3% in 2020 could lead to major social disruption. "The practice of referring ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
While industry professionals praised the government's stimulus package, the International Monetary Fund seems convinced it's not enough. So who is right? The IMF predicted that global growth will be -3.3% this year, while Australia's GDP will be significantly ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... steps to prevent the firm from participating in the transaction and it is not being charged." The SEC will be seeking monetary penalties against Berko in addition to other remedies.

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... decline. He said investors need to be focusing on other markers like the price of gold and oil, and watch international monetary policy measures closely. "There is a concern that the all-encompassing COVID-19 news could prevent investors from tracking ...

Worse than the Great Depression: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
The International Monetary Fund has predicted Australia's GDP will be -6.7% this year due to the effects of COVID-19. Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the research department at the IMF, said the pandemic has resulted in a collapse ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... Great Lockdown, as one might call it, is projected to shrink global growth dramatically." This is how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently characterised the global economic backdrop that led it to take a chainsaw and lopped off 6.3% from its ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... globally, Lafferty said that many still have not reached those affected by the crisis. "The size of global fiscal and monetary stimulus is overwhelming, but implementation has been mixed," he said. "Given the sharp but temporary nature of the crisis ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... dollar, rebounding by 5.4% from the March 19 low. These, perhaps factored into Bank of Korea's (BOK) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its 9 April meeting. So does the fact that the Korean central bank announced policy easing ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... infecting people around the globe - it had only around 780 cases of infection when COVID-19 on the day the BOJ increased monetary largesse. This compares with 142,823 cases in China, 21,157 in Italy, 12,729 in Iran; 8162 in South Korea and even lower ...