28 Jan 2016
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
Australia Day typically marks the end of summer and start of the calendar year for business downunder. Since breaking for Christmas, Australians have been more focussed on the cricket and tennis than on the economy and financial markets.
25 Sep 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
Soft global growth will likely force the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates early next year, potentially taking the official cash rate to 1.5 per cent.
11 Sep 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
ANZ has lowered its global growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017 amid a number of restrictive cyclical and structural themes playing out across the world economy and warned there could be further downgrades ahead.
27 Aug 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
'Meltdown' was the only word to describe this week's equities price action which combined with plunging commodity prices, led by sharp falls in oil prices, with the CRB index hitting a 13-year low, and near panic across many asset classes.
13 May 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
The release of the 2015 Australian federal budget has seen the government maintain its path toward surplus, but at a slower pace than previously announced. The focus appears to be policy changes designed to give it a much warmer glow than last year’s ill-received effort.
09 Feb 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
The eighth consecutive monthly rise in ANZ job ads is an encouraging sign that new labour demand continues to improve in certain sectors of the Australian economy.
29 Jan 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
With falling commodity prices, QE in Europe and low inflation figures – how is Australia placed for 2015? Warren Hogan explains.
15 Jan 2015
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
ANZ has lowered its growth forecast for the Australian economy and have now factored in two 25 basis point rate cuts over the first half of 2015.
28 Nov 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
Falls in Australia’s key commodity export prices has forced a downward revision to our near-term economic forecasts.
21 Nov 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
ANZ’s chief economist Warren Hogan, in an overview of key concerns facing the Australian economy, looks at housing bubbles, the fall of the Australian dollar, interest rates and the China issue.
16 Oct 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
ANZ chief economist Warren Hogan has warned there is more hard work ahead for the global economy in the short to medium term with further challenges likely to moderate the pace of growth.
06 Oct 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
Employment growth in Australia registered its fourth consecutive monthly rise in September with job ads increasing 0.9 per cent, according to the ANZ job advertisements series.
26 Jun 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
The Chinese government must navigate the implementation of economic reforms while maintaining growth at a pace sufficient to keep unemployment steady. This is a difficult task for any government, and particularly so for the Chinese government right now, as many critical reforms to the economy will be potentially disruptive to growth. This is happening while many analysts and markets are worried about a loss of momentum in the Chinese economy.
07 May 2014
Warren Hogan
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Former Chief Economist, ANZ
Only a modest fiscal tightening should result from next week's Australia federal budget despite media previews already hitting consumer confidence.