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Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... stability and economic growth while maintaining the resilience of the financial system. "We welcome that the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and other international financial institutions stand ready to help member countries address the ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... 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 "C" word response. "C" for concerted or coordinated action... take your pick. As Bloomberg ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... and domestic growth have shifted to the downside. The modal forecasts contained in the RBA's most recent Statement on Monetary Policy are now threatened." "Second, Fed officials are now actively talking about the possibility of policy support. Third ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... and singing psalms with the cherubim and seraphim for eternity (those of us who weren't naughty at least). Global monetary and fiscal authorities would just have to provide assurances and/or concrete policy support until the world shakes off the ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... out "pretend believers" out of the market that, effectively strengthens equity market dynamics. There's also the monetary and fiscal policy responses that should help inoculate from the contagion.

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... Carolina, Andrew Murray, said the settlement with Wells Fargo goes far beyond the "cost of doing business". "The $3 billion monetary penalty imposed on the bank.... [is] appropriate given the staggering size, scope and duration of Wells Fargo's illicit ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... July last year and the RBA's three 25 basis point rate cut each in June, July and October - indicating that both monetary and fiscal policies have still to get ahead of the curve. The problem for the RBA is that the more it cut rates, the greater ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... will be required in Australia to reach full employment and achieve the inflation target. "It remains prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support sustainable growth in the economy, full employment and the achievement of the inflation ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Congress' Financial Services Committee, he reiterated that, although "not on a preset course... the current stance of monetary policy will likely remain appropriate". This is because while "business investment and exports were weak, largely reflecting ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... not for the more pressing concern of the coronavirus. To be 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 ...