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Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities hit record levels in Australia last year, led by non-bank lenders. And even though the residential mortgage-backed security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... for GDP growth to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019...One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household income has been growing slowly and debt levels are high. "The outlook for the labour market remains positive. ...

Average superannuation balances double, female savings lag

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... also looks at other important factors such as the level of other investments, home ownership, debt levels, personal and household incomes, financial attitudes and many other factors that make for improved retirement."

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... the September 2017 quarter's 3.2% expansion and June's 3.1% Much more of a worry is the sharp deceleration in household spending growth - that which accounts for around 70% of the US economy. Personal consumption expenditures contributed a mere ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Cryptocurrency usage in Australia is currently not large enough to raise policy concerns for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), an official from the central bank said in Sydney yesterday. The Reserve Bank has closely followed developments in the crypto ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... a teenie-weenie 25 bps tweak upwards in borrowing costs? I think not. Not when the economy's biggest component - household consumption - remains in the doldrums because of high debt burden and stagnant wages (that's verging on the negative when ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... (G) and exports minus imports (X-Y). The details of the December quarter show positive contributions to growth from household consumption (+0.2 pps), private investment (+0.2%), government spending (+0.2) and net exports (+0.4). Very good - all major ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... growth to pick up, to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019...One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household income has been growing slowly and debt levels are high." "Employment has grown strongly over the ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... continues as a drag on growth, it's not intensifying. However, the details of the UK National Accounts are worrying. Household spending growth slowing to a mere 0.2% in the three-months to March - the slowest in over three years - following 0.3% ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... expected capital expenditures weakened to 1.4% from 2.2%. Not only has Australia have to deal with continued weakness in household consumption - the latest RBA report on credit show the decline in personal credit accelerated to minus 1.2% in the year ...