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Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... is that there is a limit to how much households can cut back on consumption in response to wealth shocks," it said. The central bank said the consequences of household indebtedness seem more likely to manifest through weaker economic growth than large ...

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... worked in Wuhan (as the pool party shows) and in nipping the second wave budding in Beijing in just around two weeks. Central government's cruel restrictions (by western standards) - along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures - have saved the ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... flat-footed, but most companies moved quickly when the markets seized up this time around," she said. The moves of the world's central banks have also helped to buoy global real estate companies. "As the markets began the sharp sell-off in late February ...

thedocyard details merger, proposes raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... transactions and other critical business and governance outcomes for corporates. thedocyard's deal technology provides a secure, central and easy-to-use platform for deal management and execution. The two companies believe the combination of products ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... the 31 mark "makes sense" in the current environment. "We are going through an unprecedented period of government and central bank intervention with extremely low interest rates and high levels of liquidity," he said. "Under normal conditions investors ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... demand for goods in the short-to-medium term will dampen inflation, there are fears of an inflationary scenario in which central banks are unable to hike interest rates due to the unprecedented amount of outstanding debt in the economy," it said. "Risk ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released a six-step plan aiming to drive industry-wide productivity gains in superannuation. ASFA said it hopes to boost productivity gains as the impact of COVID-19 continues to disrupt ...

GPT bleeds $520 million

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... sheet remains strong, the group has deferred its planned retail expansion of the Rouse Hill Town Centre and the Melbourne Central office and retail development. Non-essential capital expenditure and discretionary spending has also been reduced, GPT said. ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central bank and government stimulus measures have prevented an already deep recession from digging deeper which, at the same time ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... what every rational individual expected it to. At the conclusion of its August 4 meeting, the board of the Australian central bank kept monetary policy settings unchanged - the official cash rate at a historic low of 0.25% and the target yield on three-year ...