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Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... US dollar, which has appreciated by 3.4% this year to date and by 6.2% from the 2020 low of CNY7.1542/US$ recorded in late May. Investors are flocking to China for good reasons. While many other nations around the globe continue to battle the coronavirus ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... of people being mis-sold or stapled to an underperforming fund outside the default system. It is also a concern that there may be individuals who find themselves uninsurable because they are stapled to a fund whose insurance does not cover their occupation," ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... effects. "I think what we've seen over the last four or five months, backed up the wisdom of having the Budget now, not in May. It would have been a very different budget in May," he said. "It was wise to be patient, to not rush, to ensure we better ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... reducing vacancy rates and supporting rents. Alternatively, setbacks in controlling the virus in Australia and internationally may delay the reopening of international borders, prolonging the loss of demand from international tourists and students. Domestic ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... good but the question remains, will the RBA cut interest rates next week as Bill led financial markets to believe? The RBA may decide to wait until it has fully assessed the likely impact of the Federal Budget - to be revealed on October 6 (the same ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... incarcerated at home or in state prison, death by coronavirus or death by the state. Draconian and an abuse to human rights it may be but it worked... in Wuhan (as the pool party shows) and in nipping the second wave budding in Beijing in just around ...

Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... flow through. Ultimately, the value investment cases underpinning IFL and AMP will take time to play out - although AMP's may have been brought forward with its strategic review and IFL's pushed out with a longer pathway to scale with the MLC acquisition," ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... for - has further damaged already weak actual and planned capital investment. Actual total private new capital expenditures may have surprised on the upside, falling by 5.9% in the three months to June versus expectations for an 8.4% drop but the latest ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... negative growth, what do you call a period where the economy contracts for three straight quarters... and counting? Japan may have imposed less stringent coronavirus containment measures relative to its peers but even this didn't stop its economy ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... for a ninth month in a row. The latest fall was the softest since March, however". The latest PMI results, preliminary they may be, reinforces the fact that COVID-19 is the final arbiter of the outlook for the domestic and global economies. Latest reports ...