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Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... pps in the March quarter; inventories (-2.2 pps from +1.5 pps); and, net trade (+3.5 pps from -3.0 pps) However, note the sharp turnaround in net trade was due to exports (down 3.3% in Q2) dropping by less than imports (down 12.9%) - reinforcing the ...

EQT welcomes head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... superannuation trustee office Mark Blair said the financial services Royal Commission, which concluded early this year, threw into sharp focus the importance of a strong and operationally independent trustee office. "Equity Trustees welcomes our newest ...

Xplore continues hunt for chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... pending. David Heather stepped down in February on "mutual terms" after four years in the top job. Since then, former chair Don Sharp has been in the acting chief executive role. In a statement, Xplore Wealth said: "The group is currently in negotiations ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Bloomberg US Dollar Spot index was trading at 96.7680 on the day Trump tweeted the below: "China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... there are positive whispers over a US-China trade deal. But we're not! A day after the NAB Business Survey showed a sharp drop in business confidence in June, Westpac's Consumer Sentiment Survey - conducted in the week of July 1-5 (after the ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... negative), suggesting a near-term turn around in business activity is unlikely. Capacity utilisation on the other hand saw a sharp rise in the month, though this comes after a notable weakening earlier in the year. Survey measures of inflationary pressure ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... The strong US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 224,000 in June, beating expectations for a 160,000 gain and a sharp rebound from the 72,000 added in the previous month - failed to remove or even reduce the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
When the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded its Governing Council meeting on the June 6, not only had it announced to keep monetary policy settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.4% - but it ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... along. But given the hand we've been dealt, play we have to. The chart below provides a picture representation of the sharp slowing in global economic activity. According to JP Morgan, the survey shows: "The rate of global economic expansion slowed ...