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Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... interest rate, r* is the "natural" real interest rate, pi is the rate of inflation, pi* is the target inflation rate, y is real GDP growth, and y* is the potential output growth. Substituting numbers for the letters: current cash rate is 2.5%; "natural" ...

Asia already benefiting from fall in oil prices

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... growth; according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a 10% drop in oil prices could result into a 0.2% increase in global GDP. BlackRock also lists Asian countries as "potential beneficiaries" of this trend. Based on 2013 figures, it calculates ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... looking to America to import the ills and evils in their respective economies. But with the latest stats showing that US real GDP grew by a lower than expected 2.6% in the fourth quarter against expectations of 3.2% and 5.0% in the third - even before ...

APRA-ABS super surveys to commence Jan 2016

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... under the proposed reporting standards for measuring the contribution of pension funds and the superannuation industry to GDP, to national, sector and industry measures of income, savings and wealth and to indicators of financial exposure and risk.". ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... fast enough that it will have an impact on the economy this year." Eslake made a distinction between gross domestic product (GDP) and gross domestic income (GDI), an indicator that measures income and purchasing power. In the September quarter, GDP increased ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... after year, "experts" have been predicting a hard landing in China's economy. That "hard landing" was first thought of to be GDP growth of 8% and below - the rate that would cause massive unemployment that, in turn, would stir "social unrest". But when ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... cent the previous year and is the weakest since 1990, it beat the median forecast of 7.3 per cent in an AFP survey. "The 2014 GDP result is better than market expectations and barely missed the target," ANZ economist Liu Li-Gang said. "This result is ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... earlier and 7.8% from December 2013. This would represent a certain contribution to fourth quarter growth, indicating that GDP growth would re-accelerate from the 5.3% posted in the third quarter - after weakening from the 5.7% rate in the June quarter ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... Continuing to defend the ceiling would have swelled up its already bloated balance sheet - reportedly, already at around 60% of GDP - once the euro receives a dumping "when" the ECB announces QE. All indications point to a QE green light come 22 January ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... argues that the decline in oil would prove to be a "shot in the arm for the global economy" which would boost the level of GDP by between 0.3% and 0.7% this year. Similarly, World Bank research found that a 10% drop in oil prices would increase oil importing ...