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Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... the one that replaced NAFTA only seven months before (1 October 2018). Partial details inform the tariff rate on all US imports from Mexico would then increase by five percentage points the following month and every month thereafter until reaching 25%. ...

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 ...