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Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... scenario, GDP is expected to grow by around 5% next year and 4% over 2022," the RBA said. The Australian central bank's optimism was almost immediately backed up by the 'OECD Economic Outlook, December 2020' report released on the same day ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Expenditure and Expected Expenditure" quarterly survey, for not only does it provide an indication of domestic firms' optimism towards future growth, it, itself, is a driving component of that growth. Certainly, there will be some nuances but because ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... wonderful set of numbers could start a virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging business spending in plant and machinery and staff ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... it" speculations on Fed policy decisions BC (before COVID) - but it appears that the dying days of 2020 swing between optimism and pessimism depending on which side of the bed financial market participants get up on on the day. Get up on the wrong side ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... wonderful set of numbers could start a virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging business spending in plant and machinery and staff ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Europe and the reimposition of restrictions there - it dropped to a three-month low of US$0.7055 in mid-October. Vaccine optimism has brought it back to life - above US$0.73 - and latest activity stats indicate that the Chinese economy continues to strengthen. ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... Bank and the Bank of England's collective and cautionary missive comes amid a backdrop of recent COVID-19 vaccine optimism and the rising cases of infections and deaths in their respective domains. Fed chair Jerome Powell thinks that while the US ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... the previous month. With consumers back in the shops, business sentiment and activity are lifting. The NFIB business optimism index increased to a seven-month high reading of 104.0 in September. The ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices have ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... social and business activity in the single currency region, along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures, sparked optimism of a V-shaped recovery in the Eurozone. This was underscored by the OECD and the IMF's June 2020 projections. The 'OECD ...