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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 ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin is due to visit Beijing next week to negotiate, as the clock ticks on the US's Chinese imports that could be charged a 25% tariff (up from 10%) starting March 2. "This is not a Trump issue - we tend to talk about ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... contribution from net exports was positive 0.3 percentage points but this resulted entirely from the 1.5% quarterly decline in imports - itself, a negative because it underscores the weakness in the country's domestic demand. Household consumption's ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... hose down by virtue of its mandate for stable inflation - that's being "oomph" by Trump's increased tariffs on US imports. The Fed may term its policy normalisation efforts as "gradual" but given the reaction in the financial markets (near inversion ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... would agree to China's plea for him to refrain from lifting the current 10% tariff imposed on US$200 billion worth of imports from China to 25% at the start of 2019. But good cop White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is singing Eva Peron's ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... Its depreciation has (as expected) generated higher import prices. But businesses are unable to pass on the higher cost imports due to the high level of Australian household indebtedness and more to the point, stagnant wage growth - the wage price index ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... sales slowed to 2.1% in September following a 2.7% increase in the previous month. Similarly, the year-on-year growth in imports - an indication of domestic demand - slowed to 7.0% in September from 15.3% in the year to August. However, financial markets ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... while at the same time, underscoring the negative effects of Trump's protectionist policy on America's exports. Imports surged at an annualised rate of 9.1% in the third quarter (after a 0.6% fall in the June quarter) while exports declined by ...