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Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 0.75% on November 5, Governor Philip Lowe issued this optimistic statement: "After a soft patch in the second half of last year, a gentle turning point ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... Doyle said the closer Australia gets to zero rates the closer investors get to lower yields. "It is no secret the Reserve Bank of Australia has an easing bias. Seven years ago RBA governor Phillip Lowe said very low rates are nothing to aspire to, and ...

Chief economist update: RBA holds but for how long?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... period of only modest increases in household disposable income continuing to weigh on consumer spending." These were Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's words after the board decided to keep the country's official cash rate ...

Chief economist update: Weak household consumption now a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... odds-on favourite to take the Cup followed by Mer De Glace and Master Of Reality. Take your pick. My pick is for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to announce no change in interest rates before the running of the horses today. The RBA would not want ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... update on the country's consumer price inflation has changed market expectations with regards to how low the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will take the official cash rate. First things first; the ABS report showed that headline inflation edged ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... Glum (of Gulliver's Travels fame) puts it; "We're doomed, we'll never make it!" Speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may have to take the official cash rate to zero or even negative and/or start printing Australian dollars ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest survey data disprove Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe's optimism that "a gentle turning point appears to have been reached" expressed in 1 October's ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... the Budget surplus immortalised on paper). Forget about a Melbourne Cup Day interest rate cut! The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) October 1 Board meeting first hinted on this, stating that the stimulatory effects of lower interest ...

RBA downplays likelihood of further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has told a forum at the International Monetary Fund that Australia's economy is set to "return to trend growth" next year. Lowe said the expected return to trend growth over the next year will help get the unemployment ...

RBA blames lack of demand in property downturn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle said despite historically low interest rates and a rise in loan approvals, turnover in the housing market remains low. Speaking at the CFA Societies Australia Investment Conference event in Sydney the deputy ...