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Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... to the Philippines' credit rating to BBB+ from BBB - the highest rating the country has received - as well as its outlook from "stable" to "positive" is like another dole-up of manna from heaven for Duterte's administration and those wannabe ...

Big banks forced to cut costs: Perennial Value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Despite a positive economic and regulatory outlook, Australia's big banks will look to cut costs as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. That is the view of Perennial portfolio manager Andrew King, who said ongoing efforts to remediate customers ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund," Future Fund chief executive David Neal said. Outlook Costello said the in the longer term the global economy will face structural challenges such as demographic shifts and high ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... Glenn Stevens' declaration when 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." Ergo, the outlook for inflation depends on the wages ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... spirits among equity investors. It reaffirmed this in the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants expected that the evolution of the economic outlook and ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... This is happening against a backdrop of continued global economic and financial uncertainties. In its 'World Economic Outlook, April 2019' report - where it downgraded its 2019 world economic growth forecast to 3.3% (from 3.5% in its January ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... and there are challenges in raising capital in Australia - these factors lead Chinese investors to have a deteriorating outlook for revenue and profit growth in 2019.

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... depreciate by the end of 2019 have been given a boost by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'World Economic Outlook, April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast to 3.3% this year - down from the 3.5% rate predicted in ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook April report where it slashed its global growth projections to 3.3% this year, down from 3.5% forecast in January and from 3.7% predicted in its October 2018 outlook ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... monetary easing (QQE) with yield curve control aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%. It's optimistic outlook noted that: "Japan's economy is likely to continue its moderate expansion, despite being affected by the slowdown in overseas ...