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Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... impact on our credit tightening thesis, it may stabilise sentiment and hence materially reduces downside risk to the UBS outlook for housing and the negative wealth effect on the consumer and economy." The Coalition also promised incentives for first ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... cut interest rates, potentially at its June 4 meeting. The transcript of Lowe's speech - titled 'The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy' - delivered to the Economic Society of Australia on May 21 concluded with a reference to the May board ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... due to the 34,700 increase in part-time jobs. Full-time employment decreased by 6,300. This does nothing to improve the outlook for consumer spending - that, which accounts for around two-thirds of overall economic growth. As dictated by the "permanent ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Stevens' declaration when he was at the helm of the RBA: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." This has become more crucial especially given the latest ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... from 19 in the December 2018 quarter. According to a BOJ official: "Many manufacturers said they grew concerned over the outlook of the Chinese and other Asian markets on the back of slowing demand". This is now compounded by the yen's appreciation. ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... 2019, only 29% of insurtechs were in pre-revenue phase. This marks a large drop from 50% that reported a positive revenue outlook in 2018. This year's Insurtech: Enabling better customer value through collaboration report canvassed 54 respondents in ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... Cash Rate (OCR) has been reduced to 1.5%." "The Monetary Policy Committee decided a lower OCR is necessary to support the outlook for employment and inflation consistent with its policy remit." Under the remit signed on 14 February 2019, the Reserve ...

The state of the banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... the big banks for the first half of 2019. Oceania banking and capital markets leader at EY, Tim Dring said: "The growth outlook for the Australia's major banks looks increasingly uncertain, with profits down, remediation costs up and margins under significant ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... to 47.9 from 47.5 in March, remained in contraction territory. IHS Markit provides a succinct narrative of the Eurozone outlook. "The surveys indicate that quarterly eurozone GDP growth has slowed to just under 0.2%." "The persistence of the business ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... RBA's next move, we must look at what it saw at its last meeting and if anything has significantly changed since. "The outlook for the global economy remains reasonable, although growth has slowed and downside risks have increased... In China, the ...