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Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... was right after US Federal chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole: Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an enemy of the state, saying: "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible that they can "speak" without knowing or ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... lower; the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 tumbled by 3.0% and 3.1%, respectively. Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an enemy of the state: "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible that they can "speak" without knowing or asking ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... and Trump's demand for a 100 basis rate cut (plus QE) are likely to be filled... so are expectations of US recession. Powell could use his Jackson Hole speech to put the onus back on Trump and echo the Wall Street Journal's words: "Cut the Trump ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... courtesy of TAL, and will be announced at the AFA Conference in Adelaide on 29 August. Last year's winner was Donna Lee Powell from DLP Life Design, who specialises in helping women facing life-changing events. She started her career in financial services ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... evolving risk picture". That "risk picture" has almost immediately evolved into something less than pleasant a day after Powell uttered these words. US president Trump's tweet on August 1 made it so. According to @realDonaldTrump: "The U.S. will ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... and then a follow-up reduction to 1.75%-2% - with 49.6% probability from just 8.6% one month ago. How Fed chairman Jerome Powell prepares the world for an upcoming policy reversal - from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to whoops, we've ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... Advisers' National Roadshow yesterday, financial adviser and 2018 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award winner Donna Lee Powell shared how personal tragedy changed her professional attitude. Powell estimates advisers are losing up to 80% of their female ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... seizure that produced the 'Great Recession' of a decade ago. So what gives? US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at his press conference after the FOMC's March meeting. Powell warned below-target inflation is "one of the major challenges ...