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Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... buoyant returns that lasted from 2009 to the beginning of 2018. The huge stock market rally is simply an extension of monetary policy, he said. Because interest rates have been suppressed by central banks for some time, earnings were calculated at low ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... 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 to be up rather than down" is no more! In his address to the National Press ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... progress is likely to be gradual. Taking account of the available information, the board judged that holding the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be consistent with sustainable growth in the economy and achieving the inflation ...

Former ACCC chair will lead APRA capability review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel to lead the first. "The capability review will build on the recently completed International Monetary Fund's Financial Sector Assessment Program, which included an assessment of APRA's policy and supervisory framework ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
"Our tightenings or loosenings of monetary policy are determined by the inflation outlook. If the economy wants to grow faster than it currently is, and inflation is not showing any tendency to rise to the point where it could threaten our medium-term ...

Global Financial Innovation Network launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... Financial Conduct Authority of the UK, Ontario Securities Commission of Canada, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of the US. GFIN also aims to act as a network for regulators ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... altering the size and composition of its balance sheet, if future economic conditions were to warrant a more accommodative monetary policy than can be achieved solely by reducing the federal funds rate." Just when I thought that old Wall Street rule ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... the planet - means zilch given Trump's unpredictability. Case in point, the Fed was on its way towards normalising monetary policy aided by Trump's tax cuts and infrastructure spending that, in turn, was expected to bump up global growth and ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
What a world of difference a year makes! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just released its World Economic Outlook Update, the heading: A Weakening Global Expansion. Says it all, really...and for a synopsis: "The global expansion has weakened. ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... shutdown, the impact of tariffs, instabilities in financial markets, the global slowdown, and the lack of clarity about monetary policies. Aside from the direct economic impact from these various issues on the economy, the indirect effect meant that ...