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2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... Debt accumulation similarly threatens the world's advanced economies, with Pazarbasioglu warning that current low interest rates should be approached wisely. "Public borrowing can be beneficial and spur economic development, if used to finance growth-enhancing ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... accommodation it still couldn't hit its target? Move the goalpost, of course. The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates three times (by 75 basis points) last year from 2.5% to 1.75%. The stats show that half of its dual mandate - full employment ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Inflation is expected to remain subdued, within the 0.25-0.75% rage as the Bank of Japan continues with ultra-low interest rates. PIMCO said investors will have to get used to "dealing with disruption" this year and should position their portfolios a ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... said. "For prices to rally further, it would likely require some combination of general US dollar weakness, lower interest rates and a spike in inflation expectations - via higher oil prices and/or concerns of a negative spill-over to global growth." ...

ANZ overcharges 3.4 million customers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... this has been a difficult year for the broader industry and for ANZ," Gonski said. "Intense competition, lower interest rates and slower credit growth have had a significant impact on our business." "We have also needed to respond to more regulatory ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... stop, at the conclusion of its December 10-11 FOMC meeting, the US Federal Reserve indicated that it would not cut interest rates further - currently at 1.5%-1.75% -- because, according to chair Powell: "Our economic outlook remains a favourable one ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively," the ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... strong labor market, and inflation near our symmetric 2% objective." In other words... the Fed is done cutting interest rates. This optimism is consistent with the latest dot plot of FOMC participants' assessment of appropriate monetary policy where ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... ahead. It was also in late-October when Governor Lowe urged Australian businesses to raise their spending. "At low interest rates, many investments that didn't make sense at higher interest rates should now make sense... low interest rates give us ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... hand, according to Samranvedhya. But on the other hand... I say that Mario Draghi's experiment into negative interest rates and quantitative easing - and all his policy measures in-between - had been successful. I didn't dub him Super Mario for ...