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Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The A$/US$ exchange rate is, according to my Bloomberg screen, currently trading at US$0.7141, up 0.04% from the previous trading day and up 1.3% this year to date. In turn, Bloomberg's US dollar spot index has risen 0.14% overnight and is just ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... importantly, lower interest rates and the potential for further reductions have taken the Australian dollar down. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ currently fetching US$0.7366 - a two month low - down from US$0.7667 on 2 May (the day before the RBA meeting ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... drop in the A$ to below US$0.70 overnight. The A$ has rebounded since and is currently flashing US$0.7043 on my Bloomberg screen. Is this a realisation that the currency warriors would eventually fight back? Then again, what our neighbours do is out ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... dollar-A continue to head down and stay down... long enough to reverse the Australian economy malady. Checking my Bloomberg screen again, I see that the A$'s back up above US$0.7600 this very second. Some wavering about that 72% conviction for a rate ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... 3.0%. That may be but... the euro - another main variable to future inflation and growth - hardly budged. My Bloomberg screen shows that it closed even higher after the "everything but the kitchen sink" announcement - up 0.01% to US$1.3661 from the previous ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched as much as US0.9150 in overnight trade - its highest level this year and up 0.67% from last week's ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... rebalancing growth in the economy." The Australian dollar was fetching around US$0.9399 on that day. Today, my Bloomberg screen shows one dollar-A buying more greenbacks - US$0.9510. Odds are that the combination of the RBA holding off (on interest rates) ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Slavishly following any single investment style, such as 'value', 'growth' or 'momentum' is unlikely to provide returns through all investment and economic cycles, according to Morphic Asset Management managing director and joint chief investment officer ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... combination of factors that has taken the A$ down, down. Parity (and below?) here we come! My just refreshed Bloomberg screen shows the A$ now fetching only US$1.004. Hip, hip. Now we'll have the currency working for the good of the Australian economy. ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as US$0.9228. This is still off the US$0.9786 reached on 15 July ...
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