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Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... Chinese goods increased from 25% from 10% with Trump already readying the paperwork to slap a 25% tariff on all remaining imports from China worth around US$325 billion. As expected, the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China announced ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... growth in the March quarter. Nothing wrong with this except that, the details of this detail reveal this is only because imports dropped - down 4.6% versus a 3% increase in the fourth quarter of last year - by more than the decline in exports, which ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... Chinese goods increased to 25% from 10% with Trump already readying the paperwork to slap a 25% tariff on all remaining imports from China worth around US$325 billion. As expected, China promised to take "necessary counter measures". The trade war is ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... respective demands, Trump has already started the paperworks to impose new 25% tariffs on an additional US$325 billion worth of imports from China. Bloomberg reports on the consequence, writing: "Imposing tariffs on all U.S/China trade would reduce global ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... Xi. China pledged to speed up timetable for removing foreign-ownership caps on car ventures, and reduce tariffs on auto imports." But even better than better are latest reports that MSCI will raise the weighting of China A-shares in its indicempt s by ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... quarter's 1.99 pps deduction. The details of which are also positive with exports rising by 1.6% (from -4.9% in Q3) and imports up 2.7% - a significant decline from the September quarter's 9.3% annualised growth rate but still underscoring the ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... to cut only one (ehem, ehem) - but recent news that China's starting a trade war with Australia - it's "banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports for 2019 at 12M tonne" (Factset) - makes me lean in favour of Bill's ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... Although exports of goods and services rose by 0.9% in the December quarter (after a 1.4% fall in the third quarter), imports grew by more - up by 2.7% following a 0.7% decline over the same period. Both a consequence of the appreciating yen, that makes ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... "Softer activity abroad". UK exports fell by 0.9% in the year to the December 2018 quarter. While the sharp 1.7% increase in imports indicated continued strength in UK household spending (up by 1.9% in the fourth quarter), it also had a negative impact ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin is due to visit Beijing next week to negotiate, as the clock ticks on the US's Chinese imports that could be charged a 25% tariff (up from 10%) starting March 2. "This is not a Trump issue - we tend to talk about ...