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Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Australian economy to grow by around 3% this year." Note: It cut its 2020 growth forecast to 2.75% from 3.25% in the February Monetary Policy Statement. However, the labour market is generally considered a lagging indicator and given the on-going weakening ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... is the major raw material), notwithstanding Beijing's latest salvo at stimulating its economy through fiscal and monetary policies. The price of iron ore is important for the outlook for Australia or as the Budget Papers put it, along with other ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ); and, hawkish policy leanings from the Bank of England ("an ongoing tightening of monetary policy would be appropriate"); Bank of Canada ("interest rates to its neutral range 2.5% -3.5%); and the Reserve Bank of ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... economy of $2.9 million." RBA rate cut here we come. According to the AFR, "Ten forecasters challenge the RBA's neutral monetary policy bias", with all now expecting one (or two) 25 basis point rate cuts this year. They've now come around to ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did nothing to monetary policy after the conclusion of its second board meeting this year. It kept the official cash rate at a record low, predicated on the same rationale it put forth at its February ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... thinking what I'm thinking? Yes, Virginia, something's 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 ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... the measures to improve the quality of advice also consider exemptions to the ban on conflicted remuneration for non-monetary benefits, Anderson questioned the necessity of stopping advisers receiving education from product providers. "Why is that such ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... 2%." The US Federal Reserve has reached neutral - the "neutral interest rate" level, that is - the Goldilocks state of monetary policy where it is neither accommodative nor restrictive. If I remember correctly, the Fed's last published estimate of ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... young women to consider investment management as a career path," Macoun said. According to a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there is a large gap between the representation of men and women in leadership position in financial services. ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... hardly surprising given that the Fed's pause has allowed other major world central banks to place their respective monetary policies on ice (as opposed to exit strategies) and/or start thinking about easing. The race to zero is back? But that aside ...