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Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Houston, we have a problem - a gigantic one! Talk about spoiling everybody's weekend. Wall Street fell sharply at the close of last week's trading. Was it due to disappointment over US Fed chair Jerome Powell's much-anticipated words at ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... expectations of US recession. Powell could use his Jackson Hole speech to put the onus back on Trump and echo the Wall Street Journal's words: "Cut the Trump Uncertainty Tax...His best stimulus policy would be to end his tariff campaign."

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... conditions and sluggish progress in meeting its financial goals, with pre tax charges totaling US $35 million, according to Wall Street Journal. At the time, TD Waterhouse Investor Services was reported as having agreed to buy Charles Schwab Australia's ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries - of the past week have eased (for now), sending Wall Street on a rebound on the last day of last week's trading. Wall Street's bounce back was retro-fitted with positive ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... "R" contingency. The Fed's mulling negative interest rates; the ECB's forward-guiding, according to the 'Wall Street Journal', "a package of stimulus measures at its next policy meeting in September that should exceed investors' expectations" ...

Deutsche chief to buy shares amid turmoil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... about execution." Eigendorf asked whether the bank exiting global equities and making the cuts means a farewell to Wall Street for Deutsche, but Sewing was adamant that isn't the case. "We want to put the resources where we can win... and we will do ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
If it were posted on Facebook, Wall Street would have "unliked" the strong US non-farm payrolls report for June - up a bigger-than-expected 224,000 from 72,000 in May. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from 3.6% in May, remains near ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... billion. As expected, the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China announced (before the opening bell on Wall Street on Monday, the May 13) that it's imposing increased tariffs on a total of 5,140 products imported from the US (worth ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... his tariff tat. The Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China announced (before the opening bell on Wall Street) that it's imposing increased tariffs on a total of 5140 products imported from the US (worth around US$60 billion) starting ...