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Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BY BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020 10:55AM

The US will benefit from the promised increased purchases from China. China will benefit from increased exports from the easing/reversal of the global growth slowdown. Everybody wins.

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