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Economic growth and Productivity Numbers: Interest Rate Cut Warranted or Not?
December 04, 2019 10:04 PM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaAs per recent statistics released by the ABS for September quarter 2019, Australia?s economy grew below market expectations at an annual pace of 1.7 per cent, despite three interest rate cuts announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this year...
Key World Economies Facing Towering Debt Accumulation: Looking at the Bigger Picture
November 30, 2019 05:15 PM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaSince the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, the global debt has continued to rise. It is growing faster than the global economy, and borrowing by governments, households and non-financial businesses now account for more than 240% of the world?s gross...
What Made Australian Share Market Close at a New Record High?
November 27, 2019 09:19 PM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Australian share market?s benchmark index, S&P/ASX 200 index closed the trading session at 6864 points, a record high level for a second consecutive day on 28th November 2019. The index even touched 6879.5 points during the day?s trade, excee...
OECD: Australia's Fiscal Stance Seems to be on a Better Side of Things
November 22, 2019 05:06 AM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaIn its latest economic outlook, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has trimmed the global GDP growth forecast to about 3 per cent in 2020 and 2021 from its previous projection of 3.4 per cent in 2020. The organisation has a...
How are Equity Markets Responding to the US-China Trade Developments?
November 21, 2019 03:57 AM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaAustralia?s benchmark index, the S&P/ASX 200 delivered another disappointment on 21st November 2019, closing 0.7 per cent or 49.5 points down at 6672.9 points. The All Ordinaries index also finished 0.7 per cent or 50.6 points lower at 6777.7 po...
Westpac – MI Leading Index and Consumer Sentiment Index – November Issue
November 21, 2019 12:47 AM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaTwo important economic indicators have been released by Westpac Economics. These indicators include Leading Index and Consumer Sentiment Index, which are prepared by Westpac ? Melbourne Institute. Westpac Economics falls under the cohort of Westpac...
GDP Generating Capacity of Global Debt Dips; Look at other macro indicators
November 13, 2019 04:29 AM EST| By Team Kalkine Media?If we overuse one factor of production, keeping other inputs fixed, the productivity initially increases then flattens, declining sharply after a certain point.? This is termed as the law of diminishing marginal productivity, that is commonly consid...
What’s Latest In Australian Economy?
November 09, 2019 05:00 PM EST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe economy of Australia is counted amongst one of the most resilient economies across the world that performed strongly during the global financial crisis. However, the country?s economy is currently in a challenging state with record low interest r...
Monetary Policy versus Fiscal Policy- The post-LIBOR world in Australia
October 24, 2019 12:13 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaA nation requires certain tools and governance to achieve its?macroeconomic?objectives. Two such tools, rather policies to give a push to the economy in recession?and restrain it when it is overheating are the monetary policy and fiscal policy. Both...
Charting Out Trade Deals-India, China and Australia
October 16, 2019 04:07 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaA trade agreement is a contractual arrangement executed between states defining their trade relationships and guaranteeing investments. It may be bilateral or multilateral, that is, between two states or more than two states. For majority of the cou...
Catch a Glimpse of RBA’s October Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
October 16, 2019 02:28 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaAmidst global trade tensions and mounting recession pressure, RBA recently lowered the domestic interest rates further to 0.75 per cent. In its recently released October meeting minutes statement, the RBA has discussed the concerns that led to this 2...
US-China Partial Trade Deal Drives ASX and Asian Stocks
October 14, 2019 06:07 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaIn a major breakthrough in the US-China trade dispute, the US has agreed to suspend its next tariff hike (planned for October 15th) on USD 250 billion worth of Chinese imports. In return, Beijing has committed to buy up to USD 50 billion of goods fro...
US Stock Markets No Longer Home to Chinese Companies
September 30, 2019 11:21 PM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaRising Trade Tensions Between US and China: The US ? China trade war has brought in tremendous challenges to the global markets and has caused major turmoil on the economic front. The tensions between the two countries have taken shape of high tarif...
New Zealand Maintains Cash Rate At 1%, Australia Expected To Slash Further Amid Global Turmoil
September 27, 2019 02:18 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaOn 25 September 2019, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand?s Monetary Policy Committee announced to have kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 1.0 percent, considering the fact that the new information since the August 2019 Monetary Policy Statement did no...
Are Housing Risks On A Downswing Now?
September 23, 2019 11:30 PM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Australian housing market has been a hot topic for quite a long time now, with some frequent developments in the market continuing to hold investors? attention. The property market of Australia has been following a trough and crest pattern, show...
Three Cues From The Latest Figures On Unemployment Rate
September 19, 2019 11:26 PM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaDespite having a diversified and skilled services-based workforce, the country has been facing turmoil in its labour market. The persistence of higher unemployment rate in Australia has remained a cause of concern for the Reserve Bank of Australia (R...
RBA Keeps Cash Rate Unchanged at 1%; ABS Reports Dip In June Quarter Housing Prices
September 18, 2019 11:35 PM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaRBA has kept the cash rate unchanged in September at 1 per cent, after assessing developments in both the domestic and international economies in Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board. Although the escalation of the US-China trade disput...
Understanding The Concept of Gig Economy
September 13, 2019 09:50 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe world is experiencing a growing trend of side jobs taken by individuals to earn some extra money or get greater independence over a job. The innovation in technology has made it easier for individuals to earn via profitable side-gigs. Many count...
Will RBA Go For Unconventional Monetary Policy Amid Current Economic Scenario?
September 12, 2019 09:25 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe major economies of the world, including Australia and the United States, are adopting monetary policy measures to stimulate their economic growth. Both these countries have recently adopted the conventional monetary policy stance by reducing thei...
Australia Records First-Ever Current Account Surplus Since 1975 In June Quarter, While a Fall In Retail Turnover In July
September 04, 2019 08:21 AM EDT| By Team Kalkine MediaOn the global front, investors have been eyeing the recently released alarming figures of the US Manufacturing Index; however, on the domestic front, the following announcements have garnered the investors? attention: GDP Growth Rate in June 2019...
