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Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... indicating a more upward sloping yield curve (unless bond yields catch up) that, in turn, portends stronger growth for the US economy. And speaking of stronger US economic growth, Trump's tax cuts have not yet have time to flow through into corporate ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The US economy had been expected to slow in the fourth quarter of 2017... but not this slow. The advance estimate of US GDP showed economic growth decelerated to a 2.6% annual rate in the December 2017 quarter from a two-and-a-half-year high of 3.2% ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... the same breath, he declared that, "Longer term, the strength of the dollar is a reflection of the strength of the US economy..." Hopefully, Mnuchin's "long-term" is not as long as John Maynard Keynes' because to quote, "for in the long run, we are all ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... advanced economies as a whole slowing from 2.3% in 2017 to 2.2% next year, 1.9% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. It estimates the US economy advancing from 2.3% last year to 2.5% in 2018 before slowing to 2.2% in 2019 and 2% in 2020; the Eurozone from 2.4% ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Global Financial Crisis. The annual breakfast forum, held at The Westin in Sydney, covered off Trump's impact on the US economy and the global economy and financial markets in general; it also mentioned the potential impact of several European elections ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... deep, but he has promises to keep, and miles to go before he sleeps". One especially could add another tailwind to the US economy. This Trump's infrastructure spending where he promised to "invest $550 billion to ensure we can export our goods and move ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Yes Virginia, we've heard and read all these before. But it could not be denied that Madam Yellen will be leaving the US economy in much better shape than it was when she assumed office on the 3rd of February 2014. The US economy grew by 1.7% in the ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... shorts that, time and again in the current cycle, have eggs on their faces and are forced to cover. To be sure, the US economy is growing strong and company earnings are too. According to Factset's 'Earnings Insight' report (released last Friday), "For ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... the Fed could afford to do just that were it not for the still missing pick-up in inflation. This is also because the US economy's growth momentum is strengthening for its consumers are spending. In Economics 101, we were taught that gross domestic product ...

Impact Investment Group names new CEO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Impact Investment Group appointed a former JBWere executive as its new chief executive after co-founder Chris Lock departed from the position in September. Daniel Madhavan will take the post in January 2018. He was most recently the founding chief executive ...