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Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Well, what do you know? Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe had been right all along in his claim that, "the Australian economy appears to have reached a gentle turning point". The latest Australian National Accounts proved the truth in Lowe's statement. ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
It was just a matter of time. With almost every person on this planet talking about the "C" word - coronavirus or COVID-19, that is - under their face masks, it's hardly surprising that fiscal and monetary authorities are now fashioning their own ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Latest insights from Morningstar show Australia's ETF market grew 52% in 2019, reaching highs of $61 billion in assets. It's a far cry from two decades ago; the industry was worth $3 billion in 2010, and there were only 27 ETF products available ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
It may have started in China and is infecting its way around the planet but the coronavirus hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... important to have defensive income allocations and that is going to continue going forward." In Schroders' view, central bank intervention is still the main game in town, with ongoing intervention now unanimous with the US Federal Reserve reversing course. ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
New research shows emerging markets debt has been relatively unscathed by the coronavirus so far. But risk still remains. Eaton Vance's (EM) debt team said the positive news has been driven by the expectation that the impact on growth will be temporary ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... expects the US and the Eurozone to go into technical recessions in the first half of 2020. Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 nations - recently meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - also acknowledged the serious risk to global growth ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... to a mere 0.3% three weeks hence. What gives? What gave is the People's Republic of China's politburo and central bank got going. Apart from the government's drastic action at quarantining cities and regions infected by the virus, the People's ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... sure, there was nothing noteworthy in Carney's final monetary policy committee meeting at the helm of the British central bank. The BOE kept monetary policy unchanged, as widely expected, right on the eve of Brexit. Andrew Bailey will replace Carney ...