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Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... momentum, increasing its rate of expansion to 55.5 in October from 54.3 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for a decline to a reading of 54.0 points, it's the fourth straight month of expansion in private sector activity ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... optimistic. This followed reports that retail spending surged by 1.9% in the month of September - more than double market expectations for a 0.7% increase -- following a 0.6% gain the previous month. With consumers back in the shops, business sentiment ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... monetary policy unchanged at the conclusion of its October 6 meeting. It may have disappointed financial markets' expectations for a lowering of the official cash rate from a record low 0.25% to 0.1%, and its three-year bond target and Term Funding ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... date. Markit's forward view is on the ball: "Encouragement comes from a further improvement in companies' expectations for the year ahead, but this optimism often rests on infection rates falling, which remains far from guaranteed for the coming ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... rates will remain very low for an extended period, meaning that expected returns on all assets are below our long run expectations."

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... month and by 4.5% in the year to September. This is backed by the sharp decline 14.8% drop in the "unemployment expectations index" (i.e. consumers expect a decline in unemployment). Whether or not consumer and business confidence continues to improve ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions - decreased sharply from 95.9 to 84.2. The Expectations Index - based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions - declined from 88.9 ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... survey's 47-year history). The latest survey doesn't bear good tidings for wages with the "Unemployment Expectations Index" soaring to a cycle high of 163.4 points - a jump of 14.6% from the previous month and 22.6% from a year ago. Pessimistic ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase of 1.4 million jobs - and the unemployment rate declined to 10.2%. As the BLS explained: "These improvements ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... in 2020 we don't see as many IT names but we have observed many smaller tech companies rise to loft valuations on expectations of growth into perpetuity. "The raging stock prices encourage more investors to buy in for fear of missing out." Apted said ...