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OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... says" (The Sydney Morning Herald); "OECD says Australian economy ready for higher RBA rates" (The Australian Financial Review); "RBA to start raising cash rate in latter half of 2018, OECD tips" (The Australian). And rightfully so for there was no mistaking ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... so spectacularly wrong? You, I and Irene could be forgiven for thinking so if you overlay today's Australian Financial Review's (AFR) headline, "Iron ore extends rally, fresh bull market beckons" with the Australian central bank's expectations on the ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified by the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 10 November report that: "Wall Street slumped with the Dow Jones shedding over 200 points after Bill Cassidy, a member ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... 5,959.88 points. This is the best level since it reached 5,982.69 points back on 27 April 2015. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) explained the rally as due to "strong trade and buildings approval data". Fair enough. Latest data showed Australia's ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... back-to-back decline since November 2012. Not since late 2010 has there been a larger two-month slide." (Australian Financial Review) Likewise, the year-on-year growth rate in retail sales had been on a steady downward slope since the middle of 2014 ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... to US$0.70 - out comes "extrapolations" of a higher $A/US exchange rate this time. According to the Australian Financial Review, "Analysts at Commonwealth Bank recently suggested that a continued slide in the greenback could see the Aussie dollar push ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... currency turned net short for the first time since January this year." Four days later (2 June), the Australian Financial Review's Jens Meyer asked, "How much will the Aussie dollar yield to rates?" According to Meyer, "Australia's shrinking yield advantage ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... printed that "Positioning in currency turned net short for the first time since January this year". The Australian Financial Review's Jens Meyer asked, "How much will the Aussie dollar yield to rates?" According to Meyer, "Australia's shrinking yield ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... approximately 7.30pm (AEST) on Tuesday 9 May 2017. Some Budget measures have already been leaked - the Australian Financial Review (AFR) provides a succinct list in its article headlined " Budget 2017: What we know so far " others we'll just have to ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... enough. The Fed's optimistic and at the same time prudent in its forecasts. Not so for Macquarie, The Australian Financial Review' headline, dated 1 May 2017, says it all: "Macquarie tips ASX to hit 10,000 in 10 years"... "and to 20,000 by 2040." Wow. ...