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Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Be afraid, be very afraid. This appears to be the foreboding flashing on investors' dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Just when we thought the times of central bank surprises were things of the past, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought them back. The RBI kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6.25% - at the conclusion of its October ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4% on September 13 - the day when the Bank of England (BOE) met and announced no change in monetary policy settings, keeping the bank rate at 0.75% (after the 25bps lift in August). While the BOE's move was widely expected ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the long weekend holiday - AFL Grand Final holiday on September 28, Labour Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... economic heft than Canada or Mexico. Then again, China won't be just battling America. According to TD deputy chief economist Derek Burton: "It appears that the US administration added a provision that would effectively bar any of the three members ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... markets. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio analyst and stock market analyst. Check out his economics analysis here.

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... July. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio analyst and stock market analyst. Check out his economics analysis here.

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... risk. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio analyst and stock market analyst. Check out his economics analysis here.

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... August. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio analyst and stock market analyst. Check out his economics analysis here.