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Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... to Turkey. The deeper the Turkish lira dives, the less it's able to repay these debts. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Zealand dollar is now trading at US$0.6595, down another 0.14% from when I started this piece. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... nothing. Or to paraphrase Ronan Keating's song, you do it best when you do nothing at all. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... Australians based on a survey of 1500 households... produced bi-annually by ME with assistance from DBM Consultants and Economics & Beyond." The report was quite extensive but in a nutshell, it found that: "With subdued and stagnant incomes, more Australians ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... Not totally a bad thing for it'll allow the BOE to go gently on subsequent rate hikes. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... weakening manufacturing trend as a grim export market dragged on the sector's performance." Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... position in superannuation administration and they have a strong technology platform underlying that and the high-level economics of the UK expansion look okay. "We just felt that the low-value superannuation accounts through the budget represents a ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... removing the timing of when it expects to reach its inflation target only a few months before. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... Services, with research undertaken by Roger Wilkins and Inga Lass at the University of Melbourne's school of applied economics and social research. The OECD International Network on Financial Education defines financial literacy as "a combination ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... impede economic growth and put downward pressure on inflation... however, it is measured. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation strategist, portfolio ...