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Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... and India's economic growth to strengthen sharply. While a downgrade from its October forecasts, the IMF now sees Chinese GDP jumping by 8.1% in 2021 and 5.6% in 2022. It expects the Indian economy to recover from an 8.0% contraction in 2020 to 11.5% ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... before. The rise in iron ore is largely due to China's - the world's biggest consumer - strengthening economy. Chinese GDP expanded by 6.5% in the year to the December 2020 quarter - better than consensus expectations for a 6.1% gain and accelerating ...

Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... industry said it is prepared to fill the gap for infrastructure investment after the Treasurer rejected a deal with a Chinese-owned entity on the grounds of national security. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put an end to the $300 million bid from China State ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The Chinese yuan has seen a sharp appreciation, leading major Chinese news outlets to report that the government would be relaxing rules to make it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... in the Baltics. China had the second most banks fined in 2020, but by dollar amount it came in eighth. A total of seven Chinese banks were fined in 2020, but they only paid US$83 million.

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... now before them." 3. Sargon runs out of steam (January 30) Sargon was forced into external administration by one of its Chinese creditors, state-owned insurer Taiping Trustees, with McGrathNicol appointed as administrator. The event cast doubt over a ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military general and the author of 'The Art ...

ASIC takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Standard also traded in margin FX products to clients in China in circumstances, the watchdog claimed, it was illegal for Chinese residents to deal or trade in those foreign exchange contracts. ASIC alleged Union Standard's conduct placed its China-based ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... warning to other nations that dare to defy China. And defied China, Australia did for the following reasons: This spurred a Chinese embassy official in Canberra declaring: "China is angry. If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy." A rose ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." Although already debunked as incorrect by Sinologists, this quotation attributed to John F. Kennedy regained ...