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Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... an exceptionally strong returning year, most financial asset prices have risen and yields have fallen sharply, but if central banks remain on hold and growth expectations improve, despite valuations looking high, markets could continue to rise," he said. ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... de-escalation of the US-China trade tensions (the phase one deal had been signed), Brexit is no longer uncertain and major global central banks continue to maintain accommodative monetary policies. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), for one, is expected ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... latest submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, which outlined the central bank's position on global 'stablecoins'; cryptocurrencies designed to minimise the volatility of their prices relative ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... and core inflation 1.9% (2019 high) to 1.7% (November). Carney is taking no chances, telling his audience that the UK central bank has scope to "at least double" its August 2016 package of £60 billion (US$113 billion) of asset purchases. This is equivalent ...

LGIAsuper offloads European assets

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... million for the Queensland-based super fund. Europa Capital sold its Semaphore investment, an office building west of central Paris, for €142.5 million ($230 million), while the sale of a residential building in Copenhagen's Valby brought in €62.6 ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... US-China trade war - underscored by the agreement on "phase one deal" -- the lessened uncertainty surrounding Brexit and central banks' continued policy accommodation (and this year perhaps, a helping hand from fiscal policy) could revive global ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
What's a central bank to do if after so many years of policy accommodation it still couldn't hit its target? Move the goalpost, of course. The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates three times (by 75 basis points) last year from 2.5% to ...

Modest but meaningful growth on the horizon: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... still tilted slightly to the downside. This, alongside the combination of steady growth and low inflation, means that central banks will likely retain an easing bias, even if the provision of any additional stimulus is limited." Michael Grady, Aviva ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... risen by 14.3% this year to date, more than making up for 2018's 12.2% decline. The going got so tough, that the tough central banks got going. The Fed reversed its direction from normalising monetary policy to cutting the fed funds rate this year ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... economic growth dynamics due to the de-escalation of the US-China trade war, the lessened uncertainty surrounding Brexit and central banks' continued policy accommodation could revive global oil demand by more than the IEA's forecasts....and ...