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Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... amiss, and that's despite the changes in relative monetary policy expectations - the Fed's on hold this year and the RBA will cut interest rates (maybe two according to Westpac) this year. Yet the Australian dollar refuses to go down. This is ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... together. More so that Bill's come around to my point of view...and even went further. Bill's now pencilling in two RBA 25 bps rate cuts this year - one in August and another in November - to which I can only say Mr. Evans has nerves of steel ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... after its twin cousin (if there's such a biological metaphor) across the Tasman has capitulated only a week before - the RBA changed its upward bias into neutral on February 6. The RBNZ maintained its optimism despite: "Trading-partner growth is ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... 31. The $9.4 billion Medical Research Future Fund returned 1.4% in the year, reaching only halfway to the target return of RBA cash rate +1.5%. The Building Australia Fund and Education Investment Fund each stood at $3.8 billion. Both fell just under ...

ASIC gears up for Brexit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... market operators which hold an Australian market licence and six operating under exemption notices. "ASIC is working with the RBA and the BoE to ensure business continuity for systemically important Australian firms operating in the UK," ASIC said in ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... would be consistent with sustainable growth in the economy and achieving the inflation target over time." That's what RBA Governor Philip Lowe said yesterday in his monetary policy statement, explaining the rationale behind the Australian central ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... the point where it could threaten our medium-term objective, then we would not restrict the economy's growth," Former RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane Current Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe and the distinguished men and women of ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
I've got chills, they're multiplying and I fear that the RBA is about to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive ...