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Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... it'll go shopping for more of our exports, not only goods but also services - when Australia re-opens its international borders.

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... job insecurity and/or reduced work hours, pay cuts, if not, outright job loss. This is happening as Australia closed its borders to international arrivals while at the same time reducing its immigration intake. "Treasury forecasts that Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Sunday [28 September]." The good news comes at the same time that the Queensland government announced that it will open its borders to parts of New South Wales. Eight weeks of being under house arrest in Melbourne - I should know, I stopped alcohol consumption ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... 14-day rolling average of infections continues to decline and some states re-opening or on the verge of re-opening its borders. News.com.au writes that: "Opposition employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor said Labor was concerned the encouraging figures ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... restrictions and lockdown in Victoria - which accounts for around a quarter of the economy -- and the closure of state borders initiated in early August. Equally unsurprising, the return to contraction is due largely to the reversal in the domestically-orientated ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Australia forcing the state government to impose Stage 4 restrictions, and the country's other states to close their borders with Australia's second largest state. Queensland even went further by shutting its borders with New South Wales (NSW) ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... job subsidy in September would lift the country's unemployment rate. At the same time that New Zealand still has its borders closed - that'll hit the tourism and education sectors -- would remain a drag on the nation's growth. For sure and ...

BGH Capital closes in on theme park deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... cents per share if the majority of the cinema business locations reopen five days prior to proxy date and 5 cents if the borders control measures in Queensland prohibiting New South Wales and Victorian tourists are uplifted. Structure B is $2.10 per ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Victorians now because we're all Australians". The country's other five states and two territories could close their borders on Victorians but Victoria - which accounts for around 25% of national output -- would still drag the good ship SS Australia ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... conflict-afflicted as their banking systems may suffer negative spillovers from their neighbors given that banks operate across borders."