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Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... new record high in the first two weeks of this year, adding to its 20.9% gain in 2019. It'll certainly be a wonderful world if it does and there are reasons why it would. The outlook for the global economy is improving backed by the de-escalation ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The world economy would advance by 2.5% this year, a tad stronger than the "post-crisis low" of 2.4% estimated for 2019. This is the World Bank's prediction contained in its January 2020 'Global Economic Prospects' report, noting that: "While ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... with a number of threats poised to disrupt the already tepid global rally. That's according to the latest report from the World Bank on the global economic outlook for 2020, aptly named "Fragile, Handle with Care". Trade tensions, slowing growth in major ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... predicts that restrictions to oil and gas exports will be effected, impacting not only the middle-east region but also the world. "A lasting conflict would have wide-ranging implications through broad economic and financial shock that significantly worsen ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... is good. Even better, the two economic behemoths are not looking forward to a "phase two deal". Central banks around the world have nominated "trade tensions" as one of the biggest risks to the growth outlook in their respective economies. Easing trade ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... point lower... and that's not even factoring in the persistent uncertainty surrounding Trump's trade war with the world. My back of the envelope calculations show that the Australian economy needs to grow by a bit over 0.8% over the next three ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... organisation of any size easily do business anywhere," Zhou says. "[The festival enables] merchants in Australia and around the world to grow their businesses by leveraging our well-established ecosystem, insight-driven product innovation and content-driven ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... lower it to 2.9%. In its 'Interim Economic Outlook' report published on September 19, the OECD lowered its world economic growth forecast from 3.6% in 2018 to 2.9% (down from 3.2% forecast in May 2019) this year and 3.0% (down from 3.4%) in 2020. ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... all seem to be doing it right now." "The unintended or intended consequence is that bond yields have cratered around the world," he says. The speed at which platforms can execute and facilitate asset allocation changes at the drop of a hat - in the event ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world." - Louis Armstong It could only be because I got up on the right side of the bed this morning and/or the sun is shining after several ...