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Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The latest activity and inflation figures out of the US fit in nicely with Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Talking about "The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them", Yellen all but confirmed ...

No deal is better than bad deal on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... timed too - spoken before it's buried under the hubris and carnival of Donald Trump's official proclamation as the 45th President of the United States on the 20th of January. In her speech, Theresa outlined her 12 objectives for Brexit negotiations ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... 10 in the December quarter from plus 6 in the previous three quarters. Still, this is clouded by the uncertainty over President Trump's trade policies. More so, given his latest rhetoric on cross-border tax - i.e. export earnings tax free but imports ...

AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Association of Financial Advisers launched an initiative to encourage member engagement at the grassroots level. New president Marc Bineham told Financial Standard the association has learned a lot of lessons from 2016 and wants to put the ongoing development ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors' in 2017 is how the US economy will shape up under the direction of the incoming administration. While US President-elect Trump's policy agenda is still evolving to 'make America great again' he has publicly advocated for increased infrastructure ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... employed in October and November) and the unemployment rate inching up to 4.7% from 4.6%. However, I agree with Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart's comments that, "The job of cyclical recovery is largely done". This is because the details of the ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... particular focus on the energy, mining and utilities sector. Mergermarket said this may be a problem in 2017, though, because President-elect Trump has pledged to "clamp down on high profile acquisitions such as the AT&T/Time Warner deal announced in ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The squashed Australian commodity sector is expected to receive salvation from President-elect Trump come the New Year. That is a key takeout of State Street Global Advisors' latest report, 'After a Year of Unthinkables', which highlights the opportunities ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... interest rates remain relatively low). We only have to look at the goodwill and raised growth expectations engendered by President-elect Trump's promised fiscal largesse - tax cuts and infrastructure building and rebuilding - on the US economy...one ...