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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 ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... government might be pondering in the near future. "I think you may be seeing the government move towards more expansionary monetary policy," Wood said. She explained that despite the much-touted "Back in Black" Liberal party budget surplus, spending ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... of "2 3/4 per cent this year and 3 per cent over 2021". "This expected pick-up in growth is supported by accommodative monetary policy, a new expansion phase in the resources sector, stronger consumer spending and a recovery in dwelling investment later ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... combination of subdued wages growth, the fall in housing prices and high debt levels," Lowe said. "Consumer confidence and monetary policy were both responding to this reality. My judgement is that if the Reserve Bank had not eased monetary policy last ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... rates will rise in the medium term, especially given the markets are indicating rates are more likely to fall further as monetary policy tries to answer for global economic challenges. "Money is agnostic, and it searches the globe for the best rate that ...