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Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... Donald Trump did what he promised he would. "Today I'm defending America's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminium...we will have a 25% tariff on foreign steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminium when the product ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... economic output is derived from the sum of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G) and exports minus imports (X-Y). The details of the December quarter show positive contributions to growth from household consumption (+0.6 pps) and government ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... 1.3% overnight after Donald announced that "sometime next week, we'll be signing" the imposition of a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% for imports of aluminium. Yes Virginia, it's an excuse to sell. For in the words of that other Donald - Donald Rumsfeld ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... steel makers switching to Australian iron ore (which has a higher iron content) to raise efficiency. China's iron ore imports increase by 9.0% in the year to January. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... credit offtake, large resource mobilisation from the primary capital market, and improving capital goods production and imports. Third, the process of recapitalisation of public sector banks has got underway." There's good news on inflation too with ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... this, whatever household income is left would likely be spent on reducing record high household debt levels and on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. This is underscored by the deterioration in the country's trade ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... downside risk for household spending". Not only this, whatever household spending is left would be likely be spent on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. Looks like it'll be "plus c'est la meme chose" for the RBA ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... employment. The negative contribution from net exports further underscores the strength of domestic demand in the US of A with imports surging at an annualised rate of 13.9% in the fourth quarter, negating the 6.9% increase in exports. Net exports could ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... suggests that demand for Japanese exports would not be impacted much by higher prices, it would weaken the price of Japanese imports that eventually will flow through into softer domestic inflation. In addition, Japan's history of lifting the consumption ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... balance in April this year. The sharp decline in the surplus was due to a combination of a fall in exports and higher imports. According to the ABS, "goods and services credits fell $903m (3%) to $31,871m. Non-rural goods fell $1,074m (5%) and rural ...