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Industry Super Australia forecasts a rate cut

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... the RBA's next move on the cash rate could be downwards. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said it is likely the Reserve Bank of Australia could shave 25 basis points off the 1.5% cash rate in the fourth quarter of 2019. "Based on our reading of the ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... consistent with, and a natural consequence of, the macroeconomic research company's earlier prediction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be forced to cut the official interest rate to 1.0% (versus its previous forecasts that it would ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... predictions of further property price falls become a self-fulfilling prophecy as buyers wait for even cheaper prices. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should be planning for an interest rate cut at this point in time before the roof falls on property. ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. The same expectations go for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - it would keep the official cash rate at a record low 1.5% steady in 2019 before lifting them in 2020 (if ...

MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... appointment follows other significant hires for the life insurer in 2018. Former chief information officer at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sarv Girn, was appointed to the newly created role of chief innovation and transformation officer. In addition ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... version of the GFC: warning on looming interest-only crisis" published in July last year. As per the article: "The Reserve Bank has previously warned A$500 billion in interest-only loans are set to expire in the next four years, causing a significant ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... fiscal policies to revive its slowing economy. To these, let's include the domestic headlines. "NAB pushes out Reserve Bank rate hike forecast to 2020 from 2019" (Australian Financial Review) and "ANZ abandons its call for RBA rate hikes next year ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... curve widely-referenced predictor of future recessions? The yield-curve slope, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, summarises different variables that determine the conditions and evolution of the economy into one indicator. ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... growth in 2019. Hewson led the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Hewson is also an economist, having worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia before entering politics, and is a former business journalist and director of Macquarie Bank. He will join career ...

Future Fund investment specialist joins NZ Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... Financial Products and Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he worked with both the International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. In March, the Future Fund made several changes to its leadership team in an effort to simplify its investment ...