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Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
This US stock market rally is brought to you by the letter V. The much better than expected US non-farm payrolls report sent Wall Street on the up and up - the S&P 500 gained 2.6% on the day (4.9% on the week); the DJIA rose by 3.2% (6.8%); the Nasdaq ...

JBWere nabs J.P. Morgan executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... has been selected to take on the role, having worked at J.P. Morgan for close to 12 years. She was most recently chief economist and head of Australia and New Zealand fixed income and FX strategy, and prior to that held the title of managing director ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
When the going gets tough... the European Central Bank (ECB) gets more policy provision going. At its June 4 Governing Council meeting, the central bank raised the size of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) by €600 billion to a total of ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Technically, we're not there yet but Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opted not for a stay of execution and acknowledged that Australia's 29-year recession-free run is over. "Well, the answer to that is yes. And that is on the basis of the ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... growth slowed to 1.4% through the year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman said this was the slowest through-the-year growth since September 2009, in the midst of the Global Financial ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) policy decision - to be announced this afternoon - will only confirm what everyone already is expecting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe and his board will keep Australia's monetary policy settings unchanged - ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
" You're simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I've ever met..." A great many, if not all Australians, would have had this Tina Turner classic playing in their heads listening to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
"I did my best But I guess, my best wasn't good enough..." - 'Just Once', James Ingram The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a new €750 billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... a number of senior roles as chief operating officer at Sportsbet, as well as RELX (formerly Reed Elsevier) and as an economist for the Productivity Commission. "I'm excited to work for a business that is solving a real problem for an important cohort ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
It had only been two months (three at most) when the coronavirus started infecting and slaying citizens of planet Earth. Under house arrest and in solitary confinement - forced upon society by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions - it ...