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Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... forecast for GDP growth to pick up, to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019...One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household income has been growing slowly and debt levels are high." "Employment has grown ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Major bank stocks could tumble up to 40% if the correction in the housing market gets more disorderly, UBS analysts led by Jonathan Mott said in a research note dated May 30. However, this "credit crunch" is not yet UBS' base case, even though it ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... This, according to the minutes of the ECB's April 26 Governing Council, would have "implications for the medium-term outlook for growth and prices." Still, it remains confident about the region's growth prospects while at the same time declaring ...

Aussie CEOs understand ESG risks: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... beyond financial growth to ensure long-term sustainable success. The fourth annual installment of KPMG's Global CEO Outlook found Australian chief executives recognise the importance of ESG policies, in some cases more than overseas counterparts. ...

Socio-emotional wealth key to keeping business in the family: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... Dominic Pelligana said if current and future family business leaders were not aligned on issues of market opportunities and outlook, family socio-emotional wealth could be affected. "This lack of alignment can cause the business to become distracted ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... interpret what they saw. "Most participants judged that if incoming information broadly confirmed their current economic outlook, it would likely soon be appropriate for the Committee to take another step in removing policy accommodation." Keyword: "soon". ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... to be in surplus one year earlier - equivalent to 0.1% of GDP in FY 2019-20 as against the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) of 0.4% of GDP by FY 2020-21 - and from there, the hope is that it'll be surpluses all way as far as the eye can see. ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... others. Never mind the "promised" surplus, it's election spending time. In the December 2017 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Treasury predicted that ever-elusive surplus to be reached by FY2020-21 amounting to A$10.2 billion (0.5% of ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... dividend; and President Mauricio Macri's policies are leading to a more stable economy and an ever improving economic outlook. It also said Argentina's energy sector holds considerable growth potential and because of its huge unconventional resources ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Fed, the BOJ cited moderate expansion activity in its domestic economy. Just like the Fed, it deleted something from the "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices" report that accompanied its decision. The sentence, "The timing of the year-on-year rate ...