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RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates steady at its July meeting but said it is standing ready to scale-up its bond buying purchases again to ensure bond markets remain functional. The RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... March to a record high of 14.7% the following month - and companies forced into lockdown. Meanwhile, the Fed took interest rates lower - to 0 - 0.25% -- while at the same time ramping up its balance sheet with purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-back ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... better for the Australian equity market? What's better was that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also lowered interest rates - it cut three times in 2019 (June, July and October) taking the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 0.75% and ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... 40% of investors believe professional standards will improve as a direct result of the Royal Commission. "With interest rates at low or negative levels in many places in the world, finding new opportunities to invest will be important to investors meeting ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... maximise return." He pointed to the decade long bull-market that preceded the COVID-19 crash, and global record-low interest rates, as key reasons for retirees being forced up the risk curve. "In both equities and bonds, the markets' performance since ...

Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... expect the fed funds rate to remain at 0-0.25% this year and in 2021 and 15 "participants" (two foresee higher interest rates, one at 0.375% and 1.125%) in 2022. This is understandable given the Fed's latest projections: "The Fed expects US real ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... market performance. So are equity purchases due to TINA - there is no alternative - with both short and long-term interest rates so very low, and FOMO - fear of missing out. Yes Virginia, the worst of the pandemic may be just a reflection in our rear ...

A-REIT winners, losers of the 'new normal'

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... impact demand in the residential real estate sector, Pham said, however this would be partially offset by record low interest rates and a reduction in supply. Pengana predicts a 20-30% fall in sales, as well as a 5% decline in price, she said. "However ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Street appeared to be buying on hope because of TINA - there is no alternative - with both short and long-term interest rates so very low, and FOMO - fear of missing out -- but the release of the May non-farm payrolls report on the 5th of June offered ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... interest rate policy) or NIRP (negative interest rate policy) then? As early as late 2019, Lowe has ruled out sending interest rates below zero and, more recently (May 21), declaring on a Financial Services Institute webcast that: "I said previously ...