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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... 6% since September 2015 - the best since February 2009 (before the GFC went full throttle) - lessening the impetus for the RBA to cut interest rates again. Housing credit increased by 0.5% on the month and by 7.3% in the year to February. Lending for ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... China (PBOC) pause for thought of further yuan devaluation. But these present a problem for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). This is because the flipside of a weaker US dollar is a stronger Australian dollar. The A$/US$ rose by 0.9% to US$0.7618 ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... thinking that goes into making policy. "Less than 40% of economics post-graduate students are women. Just one of the top seven RBA officials is a woman. Treasury does not have any women amongst its most senior public servants. Having more female economists ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... the 2.0% target, accelerating to 1.7% in January from 1.5% in December and 1.4% in November. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would certainly be interested in the Fed's guidance. More to the point, the RBA would want the Fed to deliver a hike (at ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... in January. With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut? And were it not for still low inflation in the country, RBA Gov Glenn and his merry men would be pondering a rate hike instead. But note that one of the positives identified by Australian ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
This was totally uncalled for particularly for those "experts" still calling for the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to cut interest rates again - with some expecting another 25bps shaved off the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) as early as May. ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... just easily interpret immediate "action" as indication of panic. Watch and wait should be what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be doing when its Board meets for its regular monetary policy deliberations tomorrow. Not an "expert" soul expects ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... still remain volatile up to this day. Seems like nothing much has changed in 18 months - the time back in August 2014 when RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough, "You can't ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... both household and business services employment over 2015 while goods-related employment remained sluggish. According to the RBA, this is partly what explains the fact that employment growth in 2015 was above average, even though GDP growth was not," ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... clearly captured in the divergent movements of the components of the Index." As for the index's implication for near-term RBA monetary policy, "International factors are pointing to downward pressure on rates whereas domestic factors, partly due to the ...

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