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Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... Australians." Fidelity expects emerging markets to generate outsized growth in the "foreseeable future" while the International Monetary Fund expects that Asia will outsize the combined might of all advanced economies by 2023. While emerging markets ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... appears that this generally accepted truism does not apply to the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) with negative interest rates (in January 2016) and ...

Chief economist update: RBA holds but for how long?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... remain weak, and as I've scribbled on this page yesterday, it's no longer a risk but a certainty. Then again, monetary policy operates with a lag - it takes between 12-15 months for changes in interest rates to filter through into the economy ...

Chi-X forced to be client of competition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... "It's not right for competition in Australia," Aikins said. Somes pointed out that in a recent report the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said there would be significant benefits to separating the clearing and settlements functions within the ASX. ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... world that, in turn, would allow central banks to resume policy normalisation instead of dreaming of new unconventional monetary policy measures.

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... confidence of savers might be more significant." There was RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forum in Washington about his optimism over the domestic economy and therefore, "I wouldn't assume" further ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... Draghi's final outing as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) came and went without much fanfare. The ECB kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it announced a big one (so far) a month ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... versus 1.1%. Like the Japanese yen, is the Australian dollar becoming a safe-haven currency? While relative US-Australia monetary policy and growth forecasts favour buying American dollars against Australian ones, there are other factors determining ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Governor Philip Lowe's optimism that "a gentle turning point appears to have been reached" expressed in 1 October's monetary policy decision. Nah Governor, for survey says we're now teetering on the brink. The flash estimate of the Commonwealth ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its 'World Economic Outlook' report for October where it slashed its global growth projection to 3.0% this year (from 3.2% forecast in July) before rebounding to 3.4% (downgraded from its ...