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Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
A funny thing happened along the way to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) scheduled monetary policy meeting on May 7 and ahead of the May 18 Federal Election. While the slowing momentum in Australia's economic and survey indicators, and ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... to keep the Fed funds rate within its current target range and "does not reflect any shift in the intended stance of monetary policy," financial markets aren't too convince. This hasn't stopped silent whispers the Fed would cut interest rates ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... you'll find that in spite of the overhanging uncertainty that is Brexit, the Bank of England (BOE) has an easier monetary policy decision to make (its monetary policy committee meets on May 2). The odds are for the continued no change in monetary ...

Tribeca partners for new fund, hires lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... convertible securities. It will be managed by Tribeca's Singapore entity which holds a capital market services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, while Goldman Sachs is the primary broker. Tribeca's partner for the fund is the macroeconomic ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... interest rate for a given state of the economy. In the economics vernacular, this is known as the 'Taylor Rule' - a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response to changes ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... equity investors. It reaffirmed this in the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants expected that the evolution of the economic outlook and risks to the ...

AFCA changes could impact PI cover cost: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... in the proposed rules change - particularly in relation to the application of the 30 June 2019 rules, jurisdiction and monetary limits to legacy complaints - this will have a significant impact on the ability of licensees to pay any determinations made ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... turned up in time for spring. China deserves to be congratulated. It's watered and fertilised the economy with enough monetary and fiscal stimulus that green shoots are beginning to appear. The People's Bank of China cut the reserve requirement ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... rational to extrapolate growth in the global economy... if everything remains the same." But they don't. Fiscal and monetary authorities react. The experience of the GFC just a decade before is a perfect example. The same thing is happening now as ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... Year predictions the Australian dollar would depreciate by the end of 2019 have been given a boost by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'World Economic Outlook, April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast to 3.3% this ...