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Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... making sure that those nice sounding promises and commitments are actually met. And that, only time will tell." Given current trade flows, the US has a better bargaining position because it buys more from China - the customer is always right. But increased ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... uncertainties around this outlook, with the main ones lying in the international arena. A serious escalation of trade tensions would put the health of the global economy at risk and damage the Australian economy." "We also have a lot riding on the Chinese ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... have much more serious consequences. These include the risk of retaliation across other goods and an escalation of trade tensions; and the potential for negative confidence effects, which would weigh on business investment in particular. "The second ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... maintaining that target in a stable manner." The same with the Bank Of England (BOE): "...with the further lessening in the trade-off that this would imply, some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be appropriate over the coming months in order ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Carney rounded up the central bank-speak, saying that some removal of the stimulus is likely to become necessary if the trade-off between inflation and growth continues to lessen. To me, the overriding theme in these "speaks" is the central bank heads' ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... created by increased protectionism and risk around policy implementation. "Political surprises, protectionism and trade tensions also create the potential for substantial currency volatility so investors should have a clear policy on hedging currency ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... an "un-blessing in disguise" for Manila as increased political strain in Sino-Philippine relations could lead to trade tensions. China is the Philippines' third biggest export market (accounting for 12% of total exports) next to Japan (21%) and the US ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... indications of stability in China - has strengthened the A$ - now up 12.6% versus the US$ from this year's low and 8.6% on the trade weighted index. Persistent A$ strength could unwind the advances Australia has had towards rebalancing its economy.

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... 2.0% target instead of towards it. The five-year differential has declined by 19 bps to 1.11% at the end of last week's trade from 1.31% at end-2015. The 10-year gap's down 17bps to 1.37% from 1.54%. Recent Fedspeaks spoke of this. Last week, St. Louis ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... lender bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that plunged the country into a six-year recession. The tensions sent Athens stocks on Tuesday tumbling 4.77 per cent to close at 703.05. after losing nearly five per cent the day before. HONG ...