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Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... platform Class found itself in a fairly unique predicament recently after acquiring a business in another state only for the borders to be closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Class, which is based in Sydney, purchased NowInfinity, based in Queensland ...

Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... as they'd ordinarily fly into remote locations for short stints from out-of-State. But they can't cross those borders now. "And some of our export earnings are taking a hit. For example, the record low oil prices seen around the world also mean ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... coronavirus is David Ricardo's theory of competitive advantage, used by economists everywhere to extol the virtue of open borders and the gains from international trade. Sure, it works from the point of view of cost reduction, greater efficiency ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... on the economy and financial systems. "As the virus has spread, countries have restricted the movement of people across borders and have implemented social distancing measures, including restricting movements within countries and within cities," Lowe ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... debilitating consequence of the increasing number of infections from the coronavirus. One country after another is closing its borders, limiting, if not entirely preventing, person to person contact. Guess online dating will just have to evolve to online ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... to persist until a breakthrough against the virus is announced. The longer it takes, the more countries will keep their borders closed and their domestic communities in lockdowns, freezing international trade, business operations and shopping by households ...

RBA pulls QE trigger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... on the economy and financial systems. "As the virus has spread, countries have restricted the movement of people across borders and have implemented social distancing measures, including restricting movements within countries and within cities," Lowe ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... month directly following the 9/11 attacks)." And that's just February, before many other countries locked down their borders and implemented social isolation. In the past, I have always found solace in the Australian dollar's depreciation in ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - have been putting in place in efforts to contain the coronavirus. It also applies to the bigger and bigger policy responses ...