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Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... US-China trade war got a stay of execution over the weekend (Trump will hold off from raising the 10% tariff on Chinese exports to 25% on 1 January 2019, provided a comprehensive deal is reached within 90 days) - the growth momentum is slowing. China's ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... years, before slowing in 2020 - the RBA's economic outlook puts this at 3.0% by end-2020 -- due to slower growth in exports of resources." (November 6 monetary policy statement). The RBA is also more optimistic with regards to the unemployment rate ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... happens in the economy of the Middle Kingdom will flow through into ours. Austrade data shows we shipped 29.6% of our total exports to China in FY 2016/17. In turn, exports account for more than 20% of the Australian economy (World Bank data). So what's ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... low. Chris Williamson, chief business economist at HIS Markit, explains that: "The slowdown is being led by a drop in exports, linked in turn by many survey respondents to trade wars and tariffs, which appears to have darkened the global economic environment ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... particular, while at the same time, underscoring the negative effects of Trump's protectionist policy on America's exports. Imports surged at an annualised rate of 9.1% in the third quarter (after a 0.6% fall in the June quarter) while exports ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... 2019". In turn, less crop production and high prices would have negative implications for Australia's agricultural exports. According to the National Farmers' Federation: "The agricultural sector, at farm-gate, contributes 3% to Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... hit by China's slowdown. China is Australia's biggest trading partner and buys 32% of the country's total exports. Not to mention the flow on effects on Australia from other economies that imports from Australia. For sure, the signs are ominous ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... 7.3%-7.4% in H2; and, 7.4% from 7.5% in Q1:2019-2020. This is likely given that the rupee's depreciation would make Indian exports cheaper in the world market and hence, make its exports more competitive. But as the RBI notes: "Tailwinds from the ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Venezuela's production decline continues, and we are approaching 4 November when US sanctions against Iran's oil exports are implemented." On the demand side, the IEA reports that, "Global oil demand growth estimates for 2018 and 2019 are unchanged ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... against the background of highly accommodative financial conditions and the underpinnings through government spending. Exports are expected to continue their moderate increasing trend on the back of the firm growth in overseas economies. The year-on-year ...