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Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg... Developing nations including Turkey, Indonesia, India and Argentina have raised rates, while Brazil's central bank has sold extra foreign-exchange swap contracts in an effort to stabilise ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... "bangs" from the country north of the DMZ. But other countries have bigger fishes to fry, largely self-inflicted as in Argentina and Turkey's case. Just like Argentina two weeks before, Turkey is in the firing line. The Banco Central de la Republica ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... fed funds rate from the current 1.75% to 2.25% (two hikes) or 2.75% (four hikes). The Banco Central de la Republica Argentina (BCRA) has lifted rates three times in just a day and a week. The Argentinian central bank hiked (spiked would be more apropos) ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... and the "sell in May" dictum (which coincides with the May 1 expiration of the tariff exemption Trump granted to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea - and the chills, they'll be multiplying. US Census Bureau data show that ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Isn't Australia part of the lucky group of countries (that include the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea) US President Donald Trump, in all his benevolence, graciously granted exemptions (albeit, temporarily) from his protectionist ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... Conference on the 14 March - before Trump's tariffs took effect and before Trump granted a temporary exemption to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until May 1 - ECB President Mario Draghi said that while the central bank ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... escalation of a trade war would be fallacious. The temporary exemptions to the tariff increase granted by Trump to the EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until 1 May this year gives him away. POTUS just wants a stronger ...

Personal security concerns reach new high: Unisys

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... countries surveyed, behind only the Netherlands. "While the emerging markets of Philippines, Mexico, Malaysia, Brazil and Argentina recorded the highest index scores, the biggest increases are in the mature markets of Netherlands, Australia, US and UK," ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... It included diverse countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, this year examining Malaysia and Argentina for the first time.

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... warned it is on review and may be bumped down to frontier markets status. MSCI said it is also considering reclassifying Argentina as an emerging market. South Korea has not yet been added to the developed markets index but is under review. MSCI added ...