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Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
"Hush, little baby don't say a word Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird..." Perhaps, a throwback to my childhood but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - ...

Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... the coronavirus on the Australian economy and help boost business and consumer confidence. However, KPMG's chief economist Brendan Rynne said COVID-19 will still materially impact both Australia and the global economy. "History shows us that influenza ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... to ten years in an unscheduled move. It also said it would inject an additional ¥1.5T in two-week lending. ECB chief economist Lane said in a blog post central bank will not tolerate any risks to smooth transmission of its policy and stands ready to ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market and chances are it's now in a bear market or heading there, struck down by coronaphobia. Yes Virginia, the bears came out of hibernation in full force. There was no place ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
It's official! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Uh, scary! But what's in a word? According to the ABC : "An outbreak is a sudden rise in cases of a disease in a particular place. An epidemic is a large outbreak. ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... the Italian government's latest move to prevent the spread of the coronavirus - a total lockdown. According to The Economist, the government announced "nationwide curbs on a wide range of events that were likely to put large numbers of people in ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... respectively on Monday. Currently, WTI is trading up 8%, while Brent crude is trading up 8.95%. Moody's Analytics energy economist Chris Lafakis predicts oil prices will remain persistently low for months. "The collapse in cooperation between Saudi ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Is this the stock market crash we have to have? The great reboot from the overvaluation in stock market prices prompted by cheap interest rates that punished savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Coronaphobia - the "irrational fear" of getting infected with the coronavirus. Numerous medical experts have offered calming and logical prognoses for the epidemic but these two words - irrational and fear - would be, in a manner of speaking, the death ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
When you read reports that police have tasered a man over an argument over toilet paper, you know that the coronavirus hysteria has come to Australia. This followed news of emptied toilet paper shelves at supermarkets that has now extended to "necessities" ...