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Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... must come to an end... very soon. The UK's transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Although sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, the hard deadline can no longer be ignored. This close to D-day, a deal has yet to be struck. Instead, both the ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison We, Australians all, are in a good place for not only do we have more money thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government's largesse ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... determined on Japan getting its hands on the vaccine. The Brits have already been the first to be jabbed with the coronavirus vaccine but at this point supply remains limited. According to Factset: "Washington Post reported that Pfizer told the Trump ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... prominence during the Global Financial Crisis. Lost in translation or not, it appears that China is once again turning the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity. Makes you want to be believe those conspiracy theories, hey? Not only has China evaded ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... alternative) and FOMO (fear of missing out) are used to rationalise the rise and rise on the "Street" despite the coronavirus fast making America the sickest man of the world. Worldometers.info data show that the US remain in pole position to date. It ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
If not for its ongoing diplomatic and trade tensions with Beijing, Australia would be beaming and congratulating China for the strengthening momentum in its economy and this, after having survived the pandemic without plunging into a recession. After ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Team Australia has done it! There are still some naysayers but using the internationally-accepted and widely-used measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Liang Yin said. "Ongoing US-China tensions, the movement towards de-globalisation and continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic are all to some extent deterring investors from allocating to China." As well as the US-China trade war launched by ...

COVID-19 upends business travel, technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The leaders of major organisations will travel less and accelerate digital transformation ahead of other investments thanks to the way COVID-19 has disrupted operations, a Westpac survey found. Over 110 chief executives canvassed in Westpac's Asia ...