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Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... October - that took the fed funds rate from 2.5% to 1.75%. Fed chair Jerome Powell was full of optimism. "Our economic outlook remains a favourable one despite global developments and ongoing risks. With our decisions through the course of the past year ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... respondents agreed that there is a risk-averse culture on Australian boards." These two conditions alone - pessimism over the outlook and risk aversion - are what's keeping Australian businesses from lifting investment. Business pessimism is straightforward. ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... for the single currency region? Or would a deeper foray into negative rates? The answer is it depends. It depends on the outlook for the global economy and on Trump's war on trade and the Fed. After all, like most open economies, the Eurozone doesn't ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... Australia (RBA) was alluding to its policy statements for many months now: "The main domestic uncertainty continues to be the outlook for consumption." This is what the September quarter National Accounts underscored when it revealed that despite the ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... 0.75% in October) and the Morrison government's tax cuts implemented in July. Recall that, the RBA's optimistic outlook is predicated on the "low level of interest rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, the upswing in housing ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... unemployment rate to improve "a little below 5%", and inflation "expected to be close to 2%". The RBA's optimistic outlook is predicated on the "low level of interest rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, the upswing in housing ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... it is that the growing middle-class in China is cashed-up and ready to spend, giving EM investors a positively glowing outlook. Alibaba's Australia and New Zealand managing director Maggie Zhou says business with Australian companies has risen 35% year ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... expressed disappointment. "The issues that have come out of Westpac have been very disappointing," Freeman said. "The outlook for them is very challenging." He explained AFIC has held a position in Westpac for a decade. "There are not too many companies ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... 24th year that J.P. Morgan has released the Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions research. It provides a new 10-15 year outlook every year.

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Scratch that and lower it to 2.9%. In its 'Interim Economic Outlook' report published on September 19, the OECD lowered its world economic growth forecast from 3.6% in 2018 to 2.9% (down from 3.2% forecast in May 2019) this year and 3.0% (down ...