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Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is set to be remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September ...

Compulsory super detrimental: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
Compulsory superannuation is detrimental to many people and a voluntary super system would provide greater benefit, according to new research. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) believes voluntary super would be superior to the current compulsory ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... but at this point in time, I'm sticking my neck for just one rate CUT... in June. The depreciation of the Australian dollar since the change in RBA betting/hint will go a long way towards shielding Australia against the downdraft of slowing global ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... said. As of September 2013, the Australian foreign exchange market was the eighth largest in the world and the Australian dollar was the fifth most traded currency - the AUD/USD was the fourth most traded currency pair.

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... with offending currencies. A starting point would be the extent of under-valuation of a particular currency versus the US dollar. On January 10 this year, The Economist published its 'Big Mac' index. It showed that apart from the overvaluation ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... payments this year, up 4.2% on headline basis and 5.2% on underlying basis. It made no change to its 2019 forecast as the US dollar's strength offsets higher special dividends.

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... particularly as fears around changes to franking credits and negative gearing evaporate. She also predicts the Australian dollar will find relief, and property and housing related stocks will find support - however, this may be short lived as the housing ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... political uncertainty surrounding the elections (with a government majority at that), the recent depreciation in the Australian dollar and - working in the background - the rise and rise in iron ore prices makes this time's promise of a Budget surplus ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... dropped to a record low 1.65%; the A$/US$ exchange rate depreciated to a three-year low of US$0.6906 and while the Aussie dollar trade weighted index remains a point higher (59.8) than the three-year low of 59.7 plumbed in early January this year, it's ...