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Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... (-5.3), Japan (-0.9%), the UK (-2.0) and China (-9.8%). This justifies the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive outlook for the domestic economy. "...it is possible that the depth of the downturn will be less than earlier expected. The rate ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Further use of this facility is expected over coming months." Lowe said despite the stimulus package working well, the outlook for the Australian economy is cautiously optimistic. "The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is ...

Gold holding onto Fibonacci resistance: Daily FX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... the potential for a pullback or sell-off as overbought conditions run into long-term resistance, while the short term outlook suggests a more bullish scenario. "So gold prices may break out, but a continued bullish trend after that breakout may be a ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... forewarning that recovery in the UK could take longer than expected. Surprisingly, despite Australia's relative economic outlook outperformance, the A$/US$ exchange rate rose by ONLY 0.5% to US$0.6657 on the day and the All Ordinaries index increased ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... coronavirus crisis, with corporate earnings, default rates and medium-term inflation expectations all pointing to a more bearish outlook. "The global equity market sell-off earlier in the year had mechanically pushed up expected equity returns, but this ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... times of economic weakness, he said. "At this junction, this is particularly concerning given the bleak global economic outlook and the fact that a sustained and deep recession is a real possibility," Rachcoff said. "Portfolios tilting toward high levels ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... capital distributions in the months ahead." The call for banks to do their bit came as Lowe shared his bleak economic outlook. "We are clearly living through the biggest and the most sudden economic contraction since the 1930s," Lowe said. "Unlike previous ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... looking elevated, even compared to before the COVID-19 crisis. "I think there's a lot of downside risk in the economic outlook and shocks that could come and so we're not overly bullish on the equity market, given the rally we have seen," he ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... low point in the PMIs and we would expect activity to lift from here on a monthly basis. Company views on the economic outlook have improved and the lift in confidence is welcome". Easing border tensions at home and with China would go a long way into ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... to further weaken over the coming months - though, perhaps not as badly as the RBA is predicting. "Given this uncertain outlook, we still see household savings surging to ~10% in coming quarters," UBS said. "Hence, Q2 real consumption slumps ~9% q/q ...