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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... with the target. Given this assessment, at our meeting in two weeks' time, we will consider the case for lower interest rates," he said. To be sure, domestic economic and survey indicators have been weakening in recent months. Foremost of which is ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... a March meeting: "A few participants observed that the appropriate path for policy, insofar as it implied lower interest rates for longer periods of time, could lead to greater financial stability risks." Take a boat ride across the Atlantic, and you'll ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... compared with today, but the lesson from 2011 is that the RBA's non-pro-active response forced it to lower interest rates by more than it should if only it paid attention to the slowing employment growth trend. The RBA conducted a succession of interest ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... report, labelling it cyclical. It is slowing but it's not going to throw Australia into a recession or lead to lower interest rates in the next nine to 12 months, she added.

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... persist, then calls for steady RBA monetary policy through to late 2020 will be proved correct. If not, "...lower interest rates might be appropriate at some point. We have the flexibility to do this if needed." - Philip Lowe

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... gauge its exact contribution given the contemporaneous accommodative ECB policies of asset purchases and lower interest rates plus, the general lift in the global economies back then. Still, it would be a good backstop (if necessary) to the end of QE ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... sometime in the second quarter of 2019. But why a lift, the RBA could still move in the other direction and lower interest rates. Recall how last year's consensus for two rate hikes became one, then became none and pushed forward to 2018 and then ...

Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... become an even greater tax planning tool. Negatively geared loans not providing as much of a loss due to lower interest rates and now-defunct agriculture tax schemes are making it difficult to claim large tax deductions, he said. "However, with the changes ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... for the biggest chunk of GDP (around 60%) - isn't getting much support, if at all, or that any support from lower interest rates is being negated by the above-mentioned factors. Perhaps the RBA should start thinking about bringing the official cash rate ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... it still has scope to lower borrowing costs (if necessary), the RBA's problem is it cannot even promise to lower interest rates to bring down the Australian dollar without re-energising the property market and lifting Australian household's ballooning ...