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Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... necessarily have to keep rates on hold until all Brexit uncertainties are resolved". This echoes the BOE's chief economist Andy Haldane's thoughts that "a small rise in rates would be prudent to nip any inflationary risks in the bud" and, more ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... been telling me Australia is heading for a recession... every year, for 10 years. A report by the ABC shows AMP chief economist Shane Oliver backs him up: "So we see a higher risk of an Australian recession in 2020 -- risk of around 25% from 15% before." ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore." The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.25% takes the country's monetary policy into uncharted waters. More uncharted it would be if JP ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
If there's anything that's 100% certain, it is that the European Central Bank (ECB) will keep current interest rate settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.40%. Although, given the mounting ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... classes within alternative assets: property, infrastructure, private capital and alternative strategies. Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker said: "We are at a pre-GFC level of employment. With such low unemployment it's going to be hard for growth ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...