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Chief economist update: RBA does the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
"All around the limbo world Gonna do the limbo rock..." - Chubby Checker, Limbo Rock Australian equities and bond markets applauded after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint expectations, showing just how low it can go. The All ...

RBA cuts rate to new historic low

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced another rate cut, bringing the cash rate down to 0.10% for the first time in history. Not only that, but RBA governor Philip Lowe announced a ramp up of quantitative easing measures, bringing in a new ...

The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
Prior to the horses hitting the track many economists are betting on a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia's board today to a new historical low of 0.10%. Finder's RBA cash rate survey found 67% of economists believe the central bank will cut ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... to have a greater impact on the economy than the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new report from Deloitte Access Economics. The report, A new choice: Australia's climate for growth, found if climate change goes unchecked, Australia's economy will ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Just as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews toasted each and every Victorian with caramel-iced doughnuts and a top-shelf bottle of Starward whiskey to celebrate the end of Melbourne's lockdown, European governments -- one after the other -- have been ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian recession is over! This was what Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle implicitly told a Senate Estimates virtual hearing when he said :"At the moment it looks like the September quarter for the country probably recorded ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
"This day belongs to every single Victorian, every single Victorian who has followed the rules, stayed the course, worked with me and my team, to bring this second wave to an end." This was what state premier Dan Andrews told all Victorians and the ...

Super fund execs accused of quasi-insider trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... volatility, in behaviour he likened to insider trading. During questioning of ASIC and APRA at the Standing Committee on Economics, Wilson suggested that some people working at super funds - perhaps privy to market sensitive information - moved money ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Tasmania has retained its status as having the best performing economy in Australia for the third consecutive quarter, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the States report, the ACT economy has risen to second position, its ...