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China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... underscored by the Nikkei Asian Review 's report that: "The government of Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, said Thursday it will extend its business shutdown for a third time, this time to March 10, more than a month and ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... troubled by the volatility. The fund lists on March 2 with seed money of $1 million. The launch comes, soon after coronavirus spurred a downgrade in Apple's quarterly earnings, and the virus spreads its influence to other companies with Chinese exposure. ...

Westpac forks out $80m for AUSTRAC scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... reiterated it intends to defend the claims against it. The bank added that bushfires, storms and the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are expected to have an economic impact witch may ultimately affect banking activity and growth.

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
With the coronavirus, now dubbed COVID-19, impacting not only many lives, but now also the bottom line of some of the world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic. According to the World Health ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... March 2020 quarter. That may be but would it be enough to prevent another Japanese recession? Perhaps not, given the coronavirus epidemic and the fact that the bulk of the boost from the investment for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has already been spent.

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... retaliatory tariffs from 10% to 5%, as well as 5% to 2.5% on some US products worth around US$75 billion. However, the coronavirus threatens to disrupt China's commitment to increase its importation of US goods and services by around US$200 billion ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The economic impact of the coronavirus has been grossly underestimated, with jolts likely to be felt well into the second quarter. That's according to Capital Group economist Stephen Green, in a speech televised to attendees at the recent Financial ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... improvement in Australian consumer and business confidence despite concerns over the impact of the bushfires, floods and the coronavirus. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 2.3% to 95.5 in February from 93.4 in the previous ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Mark Carney's last days on the job would have gotten more press were it not for the more pressing concern of the coronavirus. To be sure, there was nothing noteworthy in Carney's final monetary policy committee meeting at the helm of the British ...