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Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... September meeting. Trump wouldn't be "thrilled". Just as he was upset by the latest stats on America's international trade (released 5 September) - which I suspect was a major factor for Trump beating his trade war drum louder last week. Now ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
From "fake news", US President Donald Trump might label the Census Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... stimulus by a number of central ("and further steps in this direction are expected") to "the direction of international trade policy in the US" and "strains in a few emerging market economies, largely for country-specific reasons." But its prognosis ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... growth slowed and the rate of increase in new export business slipped closer to stagnation. Concerns about international trade were also a factor underlying a drop-off in business optimism to a 19-month low." "Price pressures increased again in June ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... in a broader range of available goods at lower prices. When asked in a recent survey about their views on international trade, two-thirds of consumers thought that more trade with other countries would be better for the domestic economy. To be sure ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... will increase business costs and consumer prices, sending inflation higher. It's as well that the latest US international trade statistics show that America's external account is improving and this could help temper tensions between the opposing sides. ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... task, Main Street is taking the goings-on in America - fiscal and monetary policy, economics, politics and international trade - in its stride. This is no better underscored by the just-released results of the consumer confidence survey conducted by ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... Australia's trade surplus to narrow in October but not by this much. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'International Trade in Goods and Services report showed that the country's trade surplus dropped to just A$105 million in October from A$1.6 ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Assessed in tandem with the previous day's report of a narrowing in China's international trade surplus in October, the latest update on the country's inflation indicates the central government's progress towards rebalancing the economy. China's CPI ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... year to August to be exact). The weakness in consumer spending is further highlighted by the ABS' report on international trade and services for August that showed no growth in imports of goods and services for the month - more precisely, imports of ...