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Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... after the European Central Bank convened on the 10th of June and decided to maintain the status quo - keeping the interest rates unchanged on its main refinancing operations, the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility at 0.00%, 0.25% and ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Joneses are purchasing used cars. They have the wherewithal to do so - compliments of the Federal Reserve's low interest rates and the Biden administration's generous fiscal spending. Would inflation turned out to be transitory as the Fed assures? ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... house prices get even higher and property investors are revving up purchases in anticipation of booms to come. With interest rates at record lows and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pledging that they will remain at current levels until 2024, those ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... first day of the month. ASIC has been conducting an ongoing investigation into Australian banks manipulation of interest rates, in 2015 it named ANZ as obstructing its investigation.

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Except to reinforce its message that interest rates will remain at record lows "until 2024 at the earliest", the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) June board meeting was largely a ho-hum affair. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... charge inflation since this index began nearly 22 years ago." This supports expectations that the BOE could lift interest rates by the middle next year, recently given prominence by BOE policymaker Gertjan Vlieghe's remarks that the British central ...

Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... on Future Fund's books. The government has kept the Future Fund's CPI plus return target unchanged, even as low interest rates affect returns from various asset classes and reflation fears make a comeback. Arndt said majority of the hires are likely ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... agreements in which there was a specific clause saying the arrangement was not approved by us and offered very large interest rates. The one thing he did do was make it abundantly clear to his victims that the arrangements they were entering into with ...

Rich investors not worried about low rates: Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
New research from Citi says Australian high-net-worth investors are optimistic despite low interest rates. The research shows only 1% of HNWs were negative about the economic outlook, while 49% were positive and 40% were neutral. More than half (54%) ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... client confidence, buoyant market conditions, strengthening demand, the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and low interest rates," it reads. Taken May 11-19, IHS Markit failed to include the budget - the one where treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a ...