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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 ...

Chief economist update:China prepares anti-viral injection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... trillion yuan ($174 billion) worth of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operation and pledged to use various monetary policy tools to ensure liquidity remains reasonably ample and to support firms affected by the virus epidemic. There's ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... "current" market expectations, this would be an appropriate sign on the Fed's door. As expected, the US central bank kept monetary policy settings unchanged at the conclusion of its January FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided to maintain the target ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... of the nine key issues, four are from the US including US jobs growth, US earnings growth, US Federal Reserve easing monetary policy and the US/China Phase 2 Trade Deal. TCorp chief economist, Brian Redican, said while general market consensus is that ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting in February." Recall that in its latest (November 2019) Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), the RBA expects headline inflation at 1.9% at the end of December 2019; 1.8% at end-2020; and 1.9% by the last ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... prices, but with the Cash Rate already at an all-time low of 0.75%, the potential for a sizeable amount of additional monetary policy stimulus appears limited. "Given the low absolute level of interest rates, it is unlikely that those purchasing a house ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Lagarde's second meeting as ECB president - provided little excitement. It's steady as it was... The ECB kept monetary policy unchanged. "The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility ...