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Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... spending, sales and profits and private investment that the economy sorely needs. The wealth effect engendered by the recovery in property prices and the gains in the equities market should also support consumer spending. I say "should" because, looking ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... entirely appropriate, there is a debate at the MPC over the relative merits of near term stimulus to reinforce the expected recovery in UK growth and inflation." Needless to say, the strength (or otherwise) of the UK economy relative to the EU would ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... trends facing economic growth for the year ahead have serious implications for the eradication of poverty. "Even if the recovery in emerging and developing economy growth were to take place as expected, per capita growth would advance at a pace too slow ...

La Trobe, State Super donate to bushfire appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... will donate $1 million, split between the Salvation Army Disaster Appeal and the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief Recovery Fund. La Trobe president and chief executive Greg O'Neill said: "We express our deepest sympathies to people who have suffered ...

FSC, super sector steps up for bushfire affected

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... member funds committed to fast tracking claims and enquiries made by survivors, fire fighters and those helping with recovery efforts. ISA said industry funds were analysing their data to identify members and employers in bushfire areas, and working ...

Modest but meaningful growth on the horizon: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... above longer-term averages, we think some further margin expansion is possible given low discount rates, while a gentle recovery in earnings growth should also help. "Neutral allocations to fixed income - government and corporate - are justified by the ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... meet". Sure, sure. This is what Prime Minister declared when he announced the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency with an initial funding of A$2 billion - reducing the 2019/20 surplus from the initial estimate of A$7.1 billion (in ...

Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... services. "In releasing this package, we hope to play a role in supporting firefighting efforts as well as the economic recovery and financial wellbeing for those affected, including our customers," ANZ chief financial officer Michelle Jablko said. "We ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... infrastructure and public housing, as Scott Morrison pledges to commit "everything that is needed and more" to the bushfire recovery. "The Prime Minister and Josh Frydenberg will launch the government's national bushfire recovery agency on Monday ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... fostered political and social discontent -and ever deeper negative rate policy has failed to generate material economic recovery." Samranvedhya is correct in her observation that: "Europe has been the epicentre of negative rates policy since the European ...