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Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... around 25% yesterday," because "[It] is pretty much in line with the RBA's latest forecasts which take the pressure off the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting in February." Recall that in its latest (November 2019) Statement on Monetary ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... being sustained over the medium term," Doyle said. "In the short term, any interest rate cuts or quantitative easing from the RBA would certainly provide a tailwind for house prices, but with the Cash Rate already at an all-time low of 0.75%, the potential ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... launch their own digital currencies, triggering competition between private sector and the state. Just two weeks ago, the RBA revealed that it had been considering a central bank digital currency, a digital version of the Australian dollar, with the ...

Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... rating from bushfire-related spending," UBS said. UBS also argued the bushfire crisis has increased the likelihood of a further RBA interest rate cut in February this year. It expects the RBA to cut rates by 25 bps.

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... bushfires so take extra care with interpretations. The latest reading on consumer sentiment supports expectations for more RBA rate cuts. Then again, another one (or two) more reduction in the official cash rate from the current record low of 0.75% -- ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... right now is that unlike other major economies in the world, the market has increased its expectations of rate cuts from the RBA," he said. "This is pushing flow into stocks. Couple that with an expected rebound to global growth, and the ASX has benefited ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... uncertain and major global central banks continue to maintain accommodative monetary policies. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), for one, is expected to lower the official cash rate by at least another 25 basis points to 0.5% this year. This would ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... to achieve a decent return," Neiron said. VanEck predicts another rate cut during the first half of 2020. "We believe the RBA will cut interest rates to a historic low of 50 basis points in the first half of this year," Neiron said. He said that retirees ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... held at 2.5%, still short of the 2.75% that is considered trend." These compare with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) GDP growth forecasts - published in its Statement on Monetary Policy (released in November 2019) - of 2.25% at the end of 2019 ...