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Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... Fed. In his post-26-27 FOMC meeting press conference, chair Jerome Powell tried to calm markets and prevent a repeat of the taper tantrum that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. Powell intimated his thoughts on inflation: "We're ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted a pretty picture of the Australian economy in its first board meeting for 2021. RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the conclusion of the Australian central bank's February meeting was optimistic ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... quelling the financial markets' concern du' jour - rising inflation expectations - and calm a potential repeat of the "taper tantrum" that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. In his post-meeting press conference, Powell intimated ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... raising rates until it sees 2% inflation for a year." You guessed right Virginia. The Fed is preventing a repeat of the 2013 "taper tantrum" - that sent bond yields up and equity markets down. The Feds' statements certainly make sense, particularly ...

Super satisfaction bounces back

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Member satisfaction with superannuation funds has increased across all sectors for the first time since the pandemic, new research shows. Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report reveals overall superannuation satisfaction increased 0.6% ...

JobKeeper extension passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The government's JobKeeper extension has been passed through parliament, prolonging the payments through till March 2021 and tapering the amount from December 2020. A new split system will replace the flat $1500 fortnightly payment with those who work ...

SME insolvencies set to increase

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
The signs of resilience from small to medium enterprises (SMEs) may be short lived when government support starts to taper off leading to higher numbers of insolvencies, according to CreditorWatch. The number of SMEs defaulting on payments fell by 13.2% ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... only non-capital city markets to record a fall in values over the month. But with the government's fiscal support set to taper from October and repayment holidays expiring at the end of March next year, Lawless believes the medium term outlook remains ...

Financial comfort reliant on fiscal support: ME Bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Australian household financial comfort increased to near record highs throughout the pandemic as a result of government fiscal stimulus measures, according to ME Bank's latest Household Financial Comfort Report. Household financial comfort increased ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... measures, they were always going to be temporary and I think Aussies understand that," Morrison said. "We always said it would taper back and scale down, they are not enduring and they are not permanent, they were never designed to be permanent." This ...