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US rocked by inflation disaster

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... last year, shooting up a torrid 1.3% in June alone. While inflation has surged to its highest level in 41 years, US president Joe Biden said the CPI data doesn't reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices. Biden stated: "Those ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the US's 46th president and his almost immediate buckling down to work garnered much of the media's attention last week. Hours after he was sworn in, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... and challenge, and unity is the path forward." Biden led the way. He announced to the world that former President Donald Trump wrote a "very generous letter". There you go, Trump's human after all. POTUS 46's words and immediate actions would ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The former communications director of outgoing US President Donald Trump has launched a cryptocurrency hedge fund. Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of US$7 billion alternative investment manager SkyBridge Capital, has launched SkyBridge ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... by the coronavirus. Wall Street's 2020 rally is perfectly rationale given vaccine optimism and the end of President Donald Trump's term in office. But underlying all these are America's aggressive fiscal and monetary responses. The CARES ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... extent deterring investors from allocating to China." As well as the US-China trade war launched by US President Donald Trump, China has begun rejecting Australian goods or imposing heavy duties on Australian products. So far, China has targeted Australian ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... results developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The easing of US presidential election uncertainty, topped by Joe Biden trumping Donald Trump has also helped as it's expected to repair/re-start the Trump-induced damage to international trade relations. ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... vaccine has arrived in time to perhaps, upend the damaging economic impact of Biden's first order of business as US president - "getting COVID under control". "Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring tingle tingling too..."

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
"A whole new world A new fantastic point of view..." -Zayn Malik, Zhavia Ward Former vice-president Joe Biden is now POTUS-elect, breaking the record for the most votes (70 million plus votes and counting) received by a presidential candidate in US ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... years with the old one? America remains on knife-edge as the November 3 US presidential elections show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. The world's anxiously ...
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