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Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... the September quarter from minus 8.9% in June and 8.3% in March - all under COVID-19's shadow. But before you, I and Irene start spreading the news that the "sky is falling", know that the survey was taken before Australia, in essence, successfully ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... one million Australians still out of work." Ha ha ha. Opposing for the sake of opposing, I say. Wouldn't you, I and Irene and our uncles be better off employed than getting government handouts that, in time, we would have to pay for anyway in terms ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... has been in deflation. "The previous times were in 1962 and 1997-98," the ABS said. For sure and for certain, you, I and Irene and our uncles love a bargain. This is the reason why online trade has taken off (they're cheaper than bricks and mortar ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... new cases of coronavirus infections brings home the point that it's not over until a vaccine is found or you, I and Irene develops immunity. The second wave has prompted the government to reimpos tough restriction measures. Here goes social isolation ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Under normal circumstances and just looking at the numbers, you, I and Irene would assume that the acceleration in consumer prices in the March quarter is the start of something good - consumers are willing ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... (IPA) released a video saying: "Enough is enough. It is time to begin to end this lockdown now." Sure, sure... you and I and Irene want to go back to our normal lives the soonest. But it won't help if we don't finish our course of antibiotics ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Non-Manufacturing PMI in China plunging to a record low reading of 29.6 in February 2020 from 54.1 in the previous month. You, I and Irene might have been too busy panic buying toilet paper that we become oblivious to the counter-measures planned and ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... support sustainable growth in the economy, full employment and the achievement of the inflation target over time." You, I and Irene would be dancing on the streets and singing in the rain too given the RBA's expectations for stronger domestic growth ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... Reuters ). Cited alleged human rights abuses, use of high-tech surveillance against China's Muslim minority." You, I and Irene could guess, presume and assume but at the end of the day, this is Trump's "Art of the Deal" tactic to get Beijing ...