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Investor confidence drops in April: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... month. However, with COVID infection rates soaring in some regional markets and the resultant lockdowns impacting economic activity, it remains to be seen if this constructive path persists."

Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... war. For the markets, this risks growth in the Eurozone - which could bleed out into the rest of the world - as economic activity and confidence is disturbed." He added that this could be a driver for inflation, at a time when inflation is already an ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... did in 2020 and 2021 - throw money at the problem. But this time is different. Throwing more money to shore up economic activity only makes the fire of inflation burn even more. Then again, not doing so to tame escalating price increases risks sending ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Australia, together with other rich countries, can expect economic activity to slow down in 2022 as coronavirus outbreaks continue to put a spanner in the works. Fund manager PIMCO has downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also ...

Knight Frank releases 2022 outlook

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... yields. Findings from the report describe how higher inflation expectations, together with ongoing recovery in economic activity, has resulted in government bond yields rising from pandemic lows. Ten-year bond yields have risen to around 1.9% as market ...

Economic recap: Week to November 19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... Tepid wage growth leads to less household spending, lower company sales and profits and, by extension, reduce economic activity and lower inflation. The RBA wouldn't want to feed this vicious circle by making it more expensive to borrow to fund consumer ...

Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic - and the freezing of nearly all economic activity it brought about -- was godsend to climate change activists. Recall those pictures of those bright, bright, sun-shiny days underscored by a CNN article (published last year) that ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... negative take for you, I and Irene to learn from history. Then again, the history of the virtual freezing of economic activity and the recession it created was what prompted world governments and central banks to implement accommodative monetary and ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... of Japan (BOJ) remains optimistic, noting in its 17-18 June meeting that: "Although the level of Japan's economic activity, mainly in the face-to-face services sector, is expected to be lower than that prior to the pandemic for the time being, the ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... situation, if you will. Japan needs inflation to ignite consumer spending and business spending that would lift economic activity but with the economy a quarter away from another technical recession, rational expectations theory dictates that both consumers ...