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REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... shopping centres and apartment developments will not be immune to the global coronavirus outbreak, with impacts including supply chain delays and lower foot traffic. Nevertheless, the sector continues to be a defensive play in investment portfolios. ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... day. Oil markets are crashing at their worst rate since the Gulf War of 1991, after the OPEC cartel failed to agree on supply cuts aimed to address a slump in global demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Russia refused to back plans to cut production ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... outbreak is different from past issues. "This health crisis will have a significant economic fallout, reflecting shocks to supply and demand different from past crises," Gopinath said. "The goal is to prevent a temporary crisis from permanently harming ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... the virus could spread so quickly, causing havoc on global share markets, impacting every advanced economy and triggering supply chains to grind to a halt was "dramatic", Waislitz said in the letter. "Previously, this would have been considered to be ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... quarantined or simply afraid of contracting the virus in their workplace or as they commute to their workplace. That is the supply problem. Lower interest rates could theoretically ramp up demand but increased demand amounts to zilch if there's nothing ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... the lowest level on record and is below market expectations for a decline to 46.0. Lockdowns, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and travel restrictions also took the services sector down with the official NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI in China plunging ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... press conference: "We do recognise that a rate cut won't reduce the rate of infection... It won't fix a broken supply chain. We get that. We don't think we have all the answers."

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... Economists and analysts were already predicting a sharp slowdown in global growth - due to the expected sharp fall in demand and supply constraints, a consequence of lockdowns, quarantines, travel bans and what have you - but a coordinated/concerted ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... caused by the fear of contracting the virus has had a noticeable impact on daily life; depressing demand, impact on global supply chains and inhibiting productive capacity. Weak demand and decreased production (due to the unavailability of raw materials/parts) ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... said the long-term recession risk remains high, but the near-term risk has abated. "What we are seeing at the moment is a supply and demand shock and how long this virus goes on is going to dictate how much of a concern these things are in the future," ...