At the risk of overstating the obvious the impact of this pandemic is like nothing seen before 9 April 2020 | Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom & Davide Furceri, IMF (Image: Lexscope) Though the warnings over […]
Poul M. Thomsen, Director of the IMF’s European Department, looks at the implications for both nations within and outside of the Eurozone 31 March 2020 | Poul M. Thomsen COVID-19 has struck Europe with stunning […]
Fears that foreign buyers may swoop on distressed Australian assets are more to do with optics than any imminent threats 30 March 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein In response to COVID-19 generated pressures on the Australian economy, […]
Negotiations and US-China trade still moving along A delay in the signing of Phase One of the US-China trade deal doesn’t mean it won’t happen 9 November 2019 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Markets Chief […]
RBA pauses but the consensus view is that rates will come down sooner rather than later As widely expected, Australia’s Reserve Bank did not move on interest rates at its November board meeting 5 November […]
Australia’s CPI is on the rise but not enough to dissuade the central bank from again cutting rates Following a big week on the economic news front the RBA could make its next cash rate […]
The US Federal Reserve appears to be adopting a neutral stance on the state of the world’s largest economy The central bank of the world’s biggest economy drops its cash rate 25 basis points 31 […]
Building activity on the rise as the property sector edges towards recovery Year on year approvals are still down as is lending to property investors 31 October 2019 | Marcus Reubenstein While residential building approval […]
Overall a supermarket basket of items rose in price with the notable exceptions of fruit and vegetables Reserve Bank still has challenges as inflation remains below its target level 30 October 2019 | Staff Writers […]
Independent economist, Clifford Bennett, suggests looking beyond negative financial headlines (Image: simon zhu) Is a fundamental change in the way news is reported actually creating investment opportunities? 29 October 2019 | Clifford Bennett Mainstream media […]
The number of cranes across Australian cities remains at a high level with the strength in Sydney and Melbourne More cranes above city skylines point to economic activity as other market indicators show positive signs […]
Corporate earnings and the rate of growth of the service economy are two key macro indicators Mixed data continues to send mixed messages; but broad agreement that there’s macro risk Marcus Reubenstein The old adage, […]
DID DONALD TRUMP’S SPIKE IN TWITTER POSTS PROVIDE CLUES AS TO WHERE THE US PRESIDENT WAS HEADING ON TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA? Top Australian economist takes a novel approach, doing the numbers on President Trump’s […]
SINGAPORE IS A NATION THAT IS CONSTANTLY INNOVATING AND THAT HAS SHOWN UP IN THE LATEST WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM COMPETITIVENESS REPORT The World Economic Forum has delivered a mixed scorecard in its 2019 Global Competitiveness […]
A BAD WEEK FOR AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS WITH THOSE WANTING RETURNS HAVING TO ACCEPT RISK Australian shares suffered their biggest week of declines this year, as $74 billion in market value was wiped off in just […]
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