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Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... 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 12 to 15 months for higher/lower interest rates to flow through into the general ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... effectively rekindled risk appetite globally, and of course emerging markets typically benefit a lot from those periods of monetary easing, as capital floods back in." Still, Buchet believes growth is coming back to emerging markets. "Regardless of if ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Perhaps, the RBA is correct in its optimism that, "one day my prince will come", and eventually the lagged effects of monetary policy will flow through into the general economy. However, given the prevailing sense of uncertainty in the global economy ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... appreciated by 3.9% and the Euro by 3.7% against the yen since, and this comes despite the BOJ not lifting a finger on monetary policy. Over the past many months, the BOJ has done nothing and it kept policy unchanged at it's October meeting only ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... stronger growth and higher inflation. This is consistent with the RBA's forecasts in its November 'Statement on Monetary Policy" (SoMP) - GDP growth of 2.75% in 2020 and inflation of 1.75% (and of course, that footnote where it assumes another ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... unemployment rate does not move lower with current policy settings, there are a number of options..." "...These include: further monetary easing; additional fiscal support, including through spending on infrastructure; and structural policies that support ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... I'm starting to change my tune. Yes Virginia, I'm still scouring through the pages of the RBA's Statement on Monetary Policy released earlier this month and eureka and by George and by golly, there it was, in black and white... "Recent developments ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... over the past few days (before the jobs report) also provided early rate cut signals: November 8: The RBA Statement on Monetary Policy. The thing to note here is that the RBA's relatively optimistic projections come with a footnote - (a) the technical ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... assurance that: "The board will continue to monitor developments, including in the labour market, and is 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: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... likelihood that the UK would leave the EU without a deal sometime around August this year. The Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy statement published after the monetary policy committee meeting of October 7 - where it kept policy settings unchanged ...