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Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil-processing plant - has the OPEC et al again ruminating on further cuts in production. Reuters quoted an OPEC source saying: "In December we will consider whether we need more cuts for next year. But it is early now, things ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... set up by Gareth Parks, who was one of the four founding staff of FTSE and Tobias Sproehnle who was previously Thomson Reuters Benchmarks' chief executive. Its services include index strategy and design, benchmark regulation services for EU and UK, index ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... firms to entity list, barring purchases of parts and components from firms without US government approval ( Bloomberg, Reuters ). Cited alleged human rights abuses, use of high-tech surveillance against China's Muslim minority." You, I and Irene ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... "Trump administration officials are discussing ways to limit U.S. portfolio flows into China." A follow-up article from Reuters stated: "President Donald Trump's administration is considering the possibility of delisting Chinese companies from US ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Two down, none to go! There was division at the Fed - one official wanted a 50 bps rate cut; two wanted the target rate maintained - but after all was said and done, they were outvoted by the majority of seven (led by Fed chair Powell) which didn't ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Freeze frame. Financial markets the world over would be in a sort of suspended animation as they await the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's September FOMC meeting. This time, there's no "will they, won't they" question to be answered ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... shoring up its economy and avoiding a looming recession. Non-conventional fiscal policy - "Shadow Budget" - here we come. Reuters reports that: "Germany is considering setting up independent public agencies that could take on new debt to invest in the ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Economic Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty, quantified the direct and indirect effects of the tariff wars. According to Reuters: "The Fed researchers analysed newspaper articles and corporate earnings calls to estimate trade policy uncertainty, finding ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... Trump who wants the Fed to cut interest rates by a lot more to lower the US dollar exchange rate. And even before this, Reuters reported on August 6 that: "Interest rate moves by central banks across a group of 37 developing economies showed a net eight ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... confirmed it is in talks to acquire Refinitiv in a US$27 billion deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that generated $6.3 billion in ...