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Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... stressed that the fed funds rate would remain frozen at the prevailing rate of 2.25%-2.5%. But while the Fed sees the US economy as half-full (record low unemployment rate), bond markets are looking at the half-empty inflation gauges and are, therefore ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... 'relatively' doing much better than the rest of the world, US President Donald J. Trump should be gloating the US economy, under his administration, has advanced and is in a position to become the engine of growth for all of the rest of the world. ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... world dismissed that as reaction to the Asian financial crisis/Russian debt default/LTCM collapse at the time. The US economy was still doing swell, thank you very much. US GDP grew by 4.9% in the year to December 1998, non-farm payrolls were growing ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." He said while optimistic investors have pushed up asset prices, the US economy has risen steadily - making it hard to predict what could be next for the markets. "Where are we now? I think the current ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... would look like if the economy had a full year of growth like it had a particular quarter. Using this measure, the US economy is slowing. US GDP growth has decelerated to an annualised growth rate of 2.6% in the December 2018 quarter from 3.4% in the ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... on retail spending - which constitutes the bulk of household spending that, in turn, accounts for about 70% of the US economy - showed that US retail sales dropped by 1.2% in the month of December - the biggest monthly drop in more than nine years (September ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... bad news, Baur said, is that 2019 will be a "year of two halves." Share markets will struggle on one side, while the US economy will prosper. The US labour force is in "terrific" shape and wage growth is accelerating, especially for low-wage employees ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... December FOMC meeting at 73.2%. Not only that, it would raise questions about the Fed's optimism over the outlook for US economy and doubts over its independence from Trump should Chairman Powell and his merry people announce a halt in proceedings. ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... price investments. Is economy in a sweet spot or on verge of overheating?: - A couple of articles on the state of the US economy followed the November employment report. A big takeaway from the report remained the inability of good job growth to drive ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... tell us what is already a known known. The stats speak for themselves: While the lead from the Markit PMI shows the US economy still up there in terms of economic expansion, the yield curve brings not so good tidings. Not surprisingly, commodity prices ...