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Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... additional P40 billion, if passed within the year (according to Philstar daily). Faster economic growth will do the rest. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... 1.4% in the previous period), the US central bank could afford to remain gradual and gentle towards policy normalisation. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... Mnuchin's "long-term" is not as long as John Maynard Keynes' because to quote, "for in the long run, we are all dead". Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... history as shown when he pushed back the timing of the tax hike from October 2015 to April 2017 and then to October 2019. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... higher if possible". China's growth rate this year will be close to the number PM Li sets - faked, or manipulated, or real. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... last year. To paraphrase Mark Twain, history may rhyme but it should not repeat (given learned lessons from the past). Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... asset prices to them - remain the most significant influence on, and source of uncertainty about, the economic outlook". Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... financial conditions needed to be avoided, as they could jeopardise progress towards the Governing Council's inflation aim." Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a portfolio manager and central ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... month of November from 11.3% in October - and they could grow even more as consumers put to use their brand new iPhone Xs. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a portfolio manager and central ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... inflation - knowing that it had worked in the past, central banks would have no misgiving about reinstating bond buying. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a portfolio manager and central ...