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Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... coming to Aussie town, the May 2017 Budget's A$6 billion bank tax (that would certainly be passed on onto borrowers), out-of-RBA cycle mortgage rate increases and rising power prices combine to dampen local market sentiment. Not least, because despite ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The just-released RBA Financial Aggregates report for May show that Australia's credit state of affairs continues. Total private sector credit growth inched up from 4.9% in the year to April to 5% last month. While this put a stop to the four straight ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... reminded about this truism of course. The world's four major central banks - the Fed, the ECB, the BOJ and the BOE - and the RBA met over the past forthnight and not a single one failed market expectations. Perhaps, the central banks' assessments and ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... Australia's total exports - its economy should grow in line with the Politburo's 6.5% target this year, in the words of the RBA, "supported by increased spending on infrastructure and property construction..." However, the latest news out of Japan - ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Even the Reserve Bank expected it when it kept the official cash rate steady at 1.5% after yesterday's board meeting. The RBA said: "Year-ended GDP growth is expected to have slowed in the March quarter, reflecting the quarter-to-quarter variation in ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... over the slowing domestic economy and commodity prices and, if I may add... the property market shackles that prevent the RBA from cutting interest rates. Yes, only yesterday we got a pleasant surprise from the ABS report that showed retail sales surged ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) - especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report ...

Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research. McNally also held research analyst and senior dealer roles with the RBA. McNally's appointment to the investment team follows an investment update from Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker, who ...