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Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... address on Tuesday, VanEck's head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said Australia is likely to be the lucky country but warned the journey towards swerving inflation won't be without some bumps in the road. "With this economic and ...

Recession risk for Australia minimal: Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... Standard 's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney this morning, pointed to several signposts that indicate the Lucky Country will evade a highly anticipated global recession. High-level economic data shows that Australia's GDP has remained steady ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... have high revenue exposure to China," Neiron said. The data backs popular expert opinion that Australia will be the lucky country in 2023 and likely avoid a recession. "Australia has lower headline inflation than the US and many European nations. This ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... dropping by 12.0% -- it's making up for higher demand from the others ex-China and surging iron ore prices. The Lucky Country is getting luckier. For not only will the higher price of its major commodity export contribute to its growth renaissance ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
"Getting strong now, won't be long now, getting strong now Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly..." -Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now As sure as this theme from the 1977 classic Rocky is remembered by film buffs and boxing aficionados everywhere ...

Aussies lost money due to lack of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Despite Australia living up to its reputation as a lucky country during the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians' investments took a bigger hit than their international counterparts - likely due to a lack of financial advice. New research from PIMCO surveyed ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... ruling out expanding restrictions to other suburbs and all of Victoria if needs be. But hey, Australia remains the Lucky Country that it's branded to be. Per capita (cases of infection as a percentage of population), Australia's total cases of ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Victorian supermarkets - Woolworths and Coles - have re-introduced buying limits in their stores as hoarders and panic-buyers returned, raiding shelves of toilet paper, paper towel, hand sanitiser, rice, pasta, flour, sugar and the like following reports ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... religious and political ideas." - Encyclopaedia Britannica There's an air of optimism up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged as much after the Australian ...
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