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Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... pondering to let inflation loose and hang free, the AFR reports: "A growing number of economists believe the Reserve Bank of Australia should reduce its 2 to 3 per cent medium-term inflation target... to between 1 and 3%". That is, the RBA should start ...

New Year, new APRA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... Financial Regulators (CFR) including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Treasury," it said. "However APRA has recognised it can promote more coordinated and streamlined approaches across ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... (BOJ) may have done nothing all year but it promised to act (if it becomes necessary). Even our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the official cash rate three time this year - in June, July and October - to a fresh record low of 0.75%. Whether ...

AMP welcomes former PwC partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... multinational institutions in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Chowdry is also a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's audit committee. AMP chair David Murray said: "Rahoul's leadership and financial, audit and risk management expertise ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... October's two-point increase to +2. The survey was conducted from 19-29 November 2019 - a month after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced it third rate cut (in October) that took the official cash rate to a record low 0.75%; and the government ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... (John Maynard Keynes), himself, cited when he gave us the 'Paradox of Thrift'. This was what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was alluding to its policy statements for many months now: "The main domestic uncertainty continues to be the outlook ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... growth accelerated to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's oft-repeated claim that, "the Australian economy appears to have reached a gentle turning ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disappointed no one when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 0.75% after the conclusion of its December 3 meeting. This is perfectly rational: Monetary policy operates with a lag - it takes about ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... the past few months, I've been singing sad songs about the Australian economy and the need for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government to do more to reverse the slowing momentum in economic activity in this 'Lucky Country' ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... market report. Duh! If financial markets were waiting for the jobs report to raise the odds of another Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate reduction, they're too late. The only question that needs to be answered is how low would RBA Governor Lowe ...