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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 ...

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 ...