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Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... geographic exposures in the sector (US over Australian), he said. Oil and gas is facing unprecedented pressure from both supply and demand sides, Potter said. "The economic slowdown from global governments curtailing activity in an attempt to slow the ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... shuttered and those that are opened, have run out of stock to sell. There goes demand management. There went "just-in-time" supply management too - a 1990s phenomenon thought to have limited recessions. Another long-held theory being shoo'd out by ...

Ontario Teachers' takes stake in Sydney desal plant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... side-by-side with Morrison & Co and SDP's management team to ensure SDP fulfils its essential purpose of providing water supply security to the community it serves, he added. "At Morrison & Co, we aim to invest in businesses that serve our communities' ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... firms across the world - there's been immense international disruption - with many sectors experiencing major issues of supply, demand, or both. "However there remain some sections of the economy which are benefitting from the coronavirus fallout." ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... "Governments and boards of companies are going to start questioning whether it is prudent to have such a large concentration of supply chains in one particular region or one particular country," he said. "Companies like Apple may ask suppliers to relocate ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... contracting the virus, add to that the dwindling number of medical supplies and equipment - due to the disruption in the supply chain and increased demand - and Houston, we definitely have a growing problem. China's total lockdown worked. UK Prime ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... more money that they couldn't spend on and if they could, there's nothing to buy because of disruptions to the supply chain. The drought and bushfires already raised the likelihood of a negative first quarter 2020 for Australian GDP, the coronavirus ...

CBA in court over RC case studies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... payments for the provision of the package benefits when there were reasonable grounds to believe CBA would not be able to supply the promised benefits. The Royal Commission heard that farmers sold this package paid upfront fees but the benefits were ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... coronavirus. Suilk said Australia was likely to follow in the footsteps of the other central banks as it continues to face "supply disruptions and demand destruction". The Morrison government's response plan was announced last week, and then further ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... notes. RBA injected an outsized $8.8 billion into the financial system. Riksbank to lend US$51 billion to banks to maintain supply of credit to Swedish companies and Norges Bank cut its key rate by 50 bp to 1%, lowered the counter-cyclical capital buffer ...