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Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... these "headwinds" can blow stronger and take the A$ down some more. If so, thank you very much! While the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan struggle to keep their respective currency's exchange rate low, the market is doing it for Australia ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) 26 April Governing Council meeting produced unchanged monetary policy settings yet again, marking the 26th month of inaction. The eurozone's interest rates haven't changed - repo rate at 0.0%; deposit facility at -0.40% ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Australia," she said. "It won't just be Australia. It is on the public record that Hong Kong, Singapore and the Irish Central Bank are interested in the space. You shouldn't only be able to access active fund managers through platforms or your financial ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... the RBA's (February 2018) forecast of 1.75% by the end of the June quarter this year, it still falls short of the central bank's target. But what really is the Reserve Bank of Australia's target? We know the RBA's target range: 2%-3.0% inflation rate. ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has continued to exceed benchmark return targets, with the fund now standing at $141 billion. Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians, Peter Costello, was pleased with performance of the fund, but mentioned that ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... tails? Given its importance to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision - it's half of the central bank's dual mandate (inflation and employment growth - the domestic labour market's direction is a crucial indicator that would determine ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... unchanged at its 1-2 May meeting would take comfort that their guess is correct for apart from the fact that the US central bank lifted the fed funds rate by 25 bps to 1.75% just last month. The Beige Book's general assessment of economic conditions ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... rationales he put forward are all rational. The RBA governor underscored four themes underpinning the Australian central bank's perspective on the domestic economy's cyclical progress: "The first is the strong growth in employment." "The second theme ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... one of the reasons behind the BOE's signalling that another small increase in interest rates is nigh. The British central bank last lifted the Bank Rate from 0.25% to 0.5% in November last year. Financial markets expect the BOE to announce another 25 ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... in the domestic economy more than shackled by the on-going trade war uncertainty. So much so, that when the Indian central bank met on 5 April and kept monetary policy settings unchanged - repo rate unchanged at 6.0%; reverse repo rate at 5.75%; and ...