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Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... to 0.9% in June from 1.1% in May). However, he takes comfort in the recent "pick up in nominal wage growth across the Eurozone." When asked if the ECB is monitoring trade developments between the US and EU, Draghi replied: "It's too early to assess ...

Chief economist update: ECB cannot be any clearer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... surprises from the fiscal expansion in the US and very likely fiscal expansions, but this is more medium term, in the eurozone, in several countries in the eurozone." (Mario Draghi) Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... a 2.8% expansion and (using the same year-on-year measure) pushes the Australian economy ahead of the US (2.8%), the Eurozone (2.5%), the UK (1.2%) and Japan (1%). It's also the fastest growth rate since the June 2016 quarter (3.3%) when the domestic ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Just when the threatening clouds of Quitaly and its negative repercussions on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... be held as early as July. The Five Star Movement campaigned on a proposed referendum on Italy's membership in the Eurozone (they were against it). Eurostat stats show that Greece accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016). Italy - the fourth ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... talks were not to proceed on June 12 in Singapore or some later date in some other place. Like many other nations, the Eurozone would be elated by the peace dividend this would bring - much like it did back when the Berlin Wall crumbled - and even more ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... on but the US dollar weakened. This is because the strengthening economic momentum in America's counterparts - the Eurozone, Japan, in particular - has sparked speculations of policy exits in their respective central banks. Perhaps, this time is ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Governing Council meeting produced unchanged monetary policy settings yet again, marking the 26th month of inaction. The eurozone's interest rates haven't changed - repo rate at 0.0%; deposit facility at -0.40% and marginal lending facility at 0.25% ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... 13.8% gain in 2017. Never mind Trump, this alone calls for a currency war for as the latest HIS Markit Economics flash Eurozone PMI shows, "Eurozone expansion slows to weakest since start of 2017" - down to 55.3 in March from 57.1 in February. The strong ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
An influx of economic data and surveys are set for release this week. The central banks of Australia, Canada, the Eurozone and Japan are also scheduled to meet. Don't bother with any of them. Whatever the indicators indicate and the central banks decide ...