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Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... as they'd ordinarily fly into remote locations for short stints from out-of-State. But they can't cross those borders now. "And some of our export earnings are taking a hit. For example, the record low oil prices seen around the world also mean ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... coronavirus is David Ricardo's theory of competitive advantage, used by economists everywhere to extol the virtue of open borders and the gains from international trade. Sure, it works from the point of view of cost reduction, greater efficiency ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... on the economy and financial systems. "As the virus has spread, countries have restricted the movement of people across borders and have implemented social distancing measures, including restricting movements within countries and within cities," Lowe ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... debilitating consequence of the increasing number of infections from the coronavirus. One country after another is closing its borders, limiting, if not entirely preventing, person to person contact. Guess online dating will just have to evolve to online ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... to persist until a breakthrough against the virus is announced. The longer it takes, the more countries will keep their borders closed and their domestic communities in lockdowns, freezing international trade, business operations and shopping by households ...

RBA pulls QE trigger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... on the economy and financial systems. "As the virus has spread, countries have restricted the movement of people across borders and have implemented social distancing measures, including restricting movements within countries and within cities," Lowe ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... month directly following the 9/11 attacks)." And that's just February, before many other countries locked down their borders and implemented social isolation. In the past, I have always found solace in the Australian dollar's depreciation in ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - have been putting in place in efforts to contain the coronavirus. It also applies to the bigger and bigger policy responses ...

Global Financial Innovation Network launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... the Global Financial Innovation Network, a group of financial regulators that aim to promote financial innovation across borders. ASIC is part of GFIN, which supports cross-border testing of innovative businesses. In floating the idea of GFIN last year ...

HSBC appoints wealth leader

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... According to HSBC, the functions are critical in serving its global customers, who often have financial interests across borders. Helping those customers manage their complex wealth arrangements was central to the bank's offering, the spokesperson ...