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Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... effectively discounted the bond market as irrational: "Some analysts have worried that the dip in forward real interest rates since last June may indicate that market participants have marked down their view of economic growth going forward, perhaps ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... bond yield target at around 0% - and vowed to "maintain the current extremely low levels of short and long-term interest rates for an extended period of time, at least through around spring 2020" while at the same time stating that: "The bank will not ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing for the "R" contingency. The Fed's mulling negative interest rates; the ECB's forward-guiding, according to the 'Wall Street Journal', "a package of stimulus measures at its next ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... than half to $2.4 million. Referring to recent media coverage of investment platforms providing low or negative interest rates on cash investments, chief executive Michael Ohanessian said Praemium delivers an attractive interest rate net of fees despite ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... life business dragged annuity sales thanks to MS Primary sales in Japan, which were down 54% due to the higher US interest rates relative to Australia. Looking ahead, Howes commented: "In 2020, our investment of up to $15 million in new distribution ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... and more, if necessary: "We are prepared to do unconventional things if the circumstances warranted it". Negative interest rates? Quantitative easing? You name it! But these policy prescriptions/actions aren't "unconventional" anymore... they have ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
It's a hat trick! Three central bank meetings, all three cut interest rates, all three policy decisions a surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the official cash rate by 50 bps to a new record low of 1% at its August meeting. This ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... market on the same day the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held its August board meeting. As expected, the RBA kept interest rates on hold at 1% following its back-to-back 25 bps interest rate cuts in June and July. The re-escalation of the trade war ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... there's limited scope for monetary policy stimulation with the currently prevailing low, zero, and even negative interest rates. What's more chilling is that the US-China trade war has now sparked a mini-trade war between Japan and South Korea ...