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The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... when their income returns to "normal". Recovery expected in 2021 Following a conference call of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors Georgieva said that while the human cost of COVID-19 is "already immeasurable" if countries work together ...

The bulls are back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... down 22% from its February 19 record high. Adding to the upbeat sentiment, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank stood ready to act 'aggressively' to shore up credit in the market on top of the unprecedented policy easing ...

Cash management account to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... to terminate effective June. The BWA Cash Management Account offered a variable rate of 0.40% per year, and acted as a central account for a usually advised client to manage their investment-related cashflow. Users could receive their salary, interest ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... ultra-accommodative post-GFC period, a credit crisis may ensue. That probably explains markets' rush for liquidity in spite of central banks' latest firefighting efforts." Spivak said looking to the past can be helpful, particularly if you focus ...

Recovery expected in 2021: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... 2021, according to IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva. Following a conference call of G20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors Georgieva said that while the human cost of COVID-19 is "already immeasurable" if countries work together they ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... problem now is that you can't bribe a virus with money! Look around you, Virginia, and you'll see governments and central banks handing out cash like never before. The latest news from Factset is: "Fed announced flurry of measures to improve ...

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... called on to act as a key pillar in Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the early release of super a central tenet of the government's new policy initiatives. The government's latest suite of stimulus measures designed to ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be on the Australian and global economy, markets are pricing in a world where central banks will have to keep rates effectively at 0%, and will have to launch massive QE programs to stimulate economic growth and ...

Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... Australia this year, as COVID-19 rolls on. Frontier Advisors used the RBA's MARTIN, a new macroeconomic model the central bank built in 2018, to model growth outcomes for two scenarios: a shorter-term one where global growth slowdown spills over ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
"Whatever it takes and for however long it takes!" This is the collective battle cry of governments and central banks the world over as they try to calm nerves and get ahead of the coronavirus that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary ...