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Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... suffering a banking crisis are 2.5 times higher if it is affected by a conflict, according to research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF economist Rasmane Ouedrago and senior resident representative in South Africa Montfort Mlachila found ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... tightening of social distancing and shutdown restrictions. For those interested, applying the 'Taylor Rule' - "a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response to changes in ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... masks. Let's see "Karen" try that in China. But I digress. China's cruel policy (along with fiscal and monetary policy stimulus measures) has already produced kind results. It has saved the economy from a technical recession - GDP growth rebounded ...

Chief economist update: Second wave comes to Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... months' deflation readings of minus 0.2% each. This allowed the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to take a breather, keeping its monetary policy settings and asset purchases unchanged at its July 15 meeting while at the same time providing an optimistic outlook ...

Aussie equities stage recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... equities rebounded to return 17.4% in the second quarter. The report referenced predictions by both the International Monetary Fund and the OECD around the slow global economic recovery. In Australia the IMF expects GDP to fall by 4.5% this year, a 2.2 ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... October) while at the same time, and along with other major world central banks, offering forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative going forward. So much so, that the IMF forecasts global growth to rise from 2.9% in 2019 to 3.3% ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... economic outlook, they're not leaving this to hope. While it kept interest rate settings unchanged at its 16 June monetary policy meeting, the BOJ increased the size of its lending packages to around US$1 trillion from May's US$700 billion. The ...

Chief economist update: The power of money (and a cure)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... (assuming no second wave). Besides, Fed chair Jerome Powell and his merry men and women of the FOMC pledged to keep monetary policy accommodative "until it is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its maximum ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... "bother" the world finds itself in, its policy responses - lockdowns, social isolation, quarantine, aggressive fiscal and monetary policies -- also became the roadmap other nations on the planet followed. China quarantined and locked down activity of ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... (assuming no second wave). Besides, Fed chair Jerome Powell and his merry men and women of the FOMC pledged to keep monetary policy accommodative "until it is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its maximum ...