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Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... - one that would, in time, flow through to other economies around the world, restoring equilibrium in trade and exchange rate dynamics. Perhaps, Trump just "love the smell of napalm in the morning".

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... uncertainties continue to prevail. In particular, the recent volatility in financial markets, notably also in the exchange rate, deserves close monitoring with regard to its possible implications for the medium-term outlook for price stability." "Therefore ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... spent on reducing record high household debt levels and on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. This is underscored by the deterioration in the country's trade balance from a A$36 million surplus in November to a A$1.36 ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... council meeting for 2018. Perhaps, the underlying reason for investors' increased appetite for the euro. The euro/US$ exchange rate has appreciated another 3.9% so far this year after rising by 13.9% in 2017. Not completely surprising given the euro ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... household spending is left would be likely be spent on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. Looks like it'll be "plus c'est la meme chose" for the RBA for a little longer. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... November 2017 meeting which, in turn, sent the British pound higher. From 2 November to date, Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 2.2% -- it's risen by 5.4% against the US dollar, 0.6% versus the euro and 2.5% vis-a-vis the yen over ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... weeks of 2018 after appreciating by 13.9% last year. The breakdown in the negative correlation between the euro exchange rate and the Euro Stoxx-50 index since the middle of last year underscores investors' optimism for the Eurozone economy. The Euro ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... the RBA's 25 bps interest rate reduction to 2.25% in February and the corresponding drop in the Australian dollar exchange rate which hit a low of US$0.6843 in the same year. The index made another run for 6000 again earlier this year but made it only ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... new orders and employment. Input costs rose at a faster rate in September, driven by rising commodity prices, the exchange rate and supply constraints. It's the same with output prices as higher costs are being passed onto the final consumer. This could ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... for a while yet." It's encouraged by the slowing in the property market but apprehensive over the "appreciating exchange rate" and "growth in housing debt" that "has been outpacing the slow growth in household incomes." Understandably, with the balance ...