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Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... funds rate of 2.5% (2.25%-2.5%, to be exact). One that's justified by present consensus expectations that US interest rates will remain steady until the end of this year.

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Reserve Bank of India is full of surprises. When financial markets expected it to raise interest rates, it didn't. When everyone expected interest rates to remain steady, it cut. Recall that back in October 2018, the RBI surprised markets by ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank changed ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... government shutdown as well as a more fundamental shift in consumer expectations due to the Fed's pause in raising interest rates." The CME FedWatch Tool supports these expectations. According to the CME Group's website, the probability of the ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
"Despite the weaker global impetus, we expect low interest rates and government spending to support a pick-up in New Zealand's GDP growth over 2019. Low interest rates, and continued employment growth, should support household spending and business ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... report, labelling it cyclical. It is slowing but it's not going to throw Australia into a recession or lead to lower interest rates in the next nine to 12 months, she added.

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... Philippine central bank's inflation target of 3% +/- 1%. This allowed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to keep interest rates steady at 4.75% at its 7 February meeting - following five interest rate increases that took the overnight repo rate from ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... the beginning of 2018. The huge stock market rally is simply an extension of monetary policy, he said. Because interest rates have been suppressed by central banks for some time, earnings were calculated at low discount rates thus pushing present values ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely to be up rather than down" is no more! In his address to the National Press Club of Australia - on " Th e Year ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Say what? "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return to target is expected, although this progress is likely to be gradual. Taking account of ...