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Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... economics vernacular, this is known as 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 inflation, output, or other economic conditions. Applying ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Financial Standard had been calling for it, central banks have, and now it's the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In its latest bi-annual economic global economic report released this month, the OECD maintained its Australian ...

Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... the Fed's on pause. I scrolled through the CME Group's FedWatch Tool and found that the probabilities of the US central bank maintaining the fed funds rate at the 1.50%-1.75% are all higher than a rate cut starting from its December 2019 FOMC ...

Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... about building relationships that last and flourish. "The session will be about why financial planners need to move their central value proposition from talking to their clients about a return on investment, to a return on life," he said in an interview ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... affected - are inhibiting companies' capital spending, notwithstanding low and lowered interest rates (with renewed central bank balance sheet expansion to boot), which have reduced the hurdle rates on planned investments. OECD figures show G7 capital ...

Value facing unprecedented rally: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... is no indication that a rally in value is subject to a catalyst, but if there is one it likely lies in the movements of central banks. "There is no definitive reason, but the most likely reason is low interest rates," he said. "Growth and quality shares ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... of the exchange rate is expansionary for the economy. GDP growth is roughly half a percentage point higher than in the central forecasts over the forecast period." " The increase in GDP growth largely reflects a substitution towards Australian goods ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... has already stated that, he doesn't intend to take the official cash rate to negative - for as experienced by other central banks, it creates new problems - so zero would be the lower bound (and then, QE?) Then again, recent history shows that the ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... management, Americas and Asia (ex Japan) Michael Martel summed up the current environment at play: "I don't know of any central banks that have a mandate to stabilise capital markets, but they all seem to be doing it right now." "The unintended or ...