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Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... with, and a natural consequence of, the macroeconomic research company's earlier prediction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be forced to cut the official interest rate to 1.0% (versus its previous forecasts that it would remain steady ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... further property price falls become a self-fulfilling prophecy as buyers wait for even cheaper prices. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should be planning for an interest rate cut at this point in time before the roof falls on property. Homebuyers ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. The same expectations go for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - it would keep the official cash rate at a record low 1.5% steady in 2019 before lifting them in 2020 (if at all). ...

MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... follows other significant hires for the life insurer in 2018. Former chief information officer at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sarv Girn, was appointed to the newly created role of chief innovation and transformation officer. In addition, a new chief ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... 2019. Hewson led the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Hewson is also an economist, having worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia before entering politics, and is a former business journalist and director of Macquarie Bank. He will join career investment ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted an optimistic picture of the global and domestic economies when it held its policy meeting last month (6 November) before concluding that "...the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... joining the Future Fund's board of guardians, effective today. Fraser previously sat on the boards of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Australian Council of Financial Regulators. He was also a secretary to the Department of Treasury for three and ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. This is that immortal dialogue ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...