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Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... hard to get" fell from 15.1% to 14.9% in March. And for those who find jobs, there's less tax to pay thanks to Trump's tax cuts. However, consumers' short-term income expectations remained unchanged net-net with those expecting an improvement in income ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... There's nothing wrong with this, especially if the Fed's optimistic outlook comes to fruition. The recently-autographed tax cuts ensure this. However, this also ensures that the US economy would expand stronger than its trading partners - read, it would ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... being equal, the RBA should remain on hold through to end-2018 with the potential for more government spending - read, tax cuts - as government and central bank try to shift economic growth into a higher gear. If you want to read further, below is a ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... reading in 14 years - portending continued growth in consumer spending boosted by a solid labour market, rising wages and tax cuts. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... the US economy, full employment and wages on the up and up, that eventually, inflation would lift. The freshly-signed tax cuts ensure this. But what's wrong with that? The recent correction on Wall Street, if at all, removes the froth and the complacency ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... result in a slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." (RBA Statement, 6 February 2018). Tax cuts anyone? Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... 2.41% at the start of 2018 - make risk assets less enticing, more so given expensive valuations. And then there's Trump's tax cuts - expected to add US$1.3% trillion to the budget deficit over 10 years - also putting upward pressure on bond yields. These ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... unemployment rate is down to 4.1% at the end of 2017 from 4.8% at the beginning; the US dollar is cheaper; and then there's the tax cuts which is expected to boost growth, wages and spending and the deficit (further US dollar weakness). Likewise, inflation ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... up) that, in turn, portends stronger growth for the US economy. And speaking of stronger US economic growth, Trump's tax cuts have not yet have time to flow through into corporate earnings, then investment, then jobs, then wages, then spending. These ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... to growth, a substantial lift from the 0.40 pps it contributed to September quarter growth. This, even before Trump's tax cuts became law. And the future? The Wall Street Journal's article headlined "The Tax Law, Just One Month Old, Is Roaring Through ...