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Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... debate regarding inflation. The US economic momentum, tight labour market, buoyant consumer spending, tax cuts, tax on imports (steel and aluminium) and the recent surge in oil prices all point to higher inflation over the coming months. The question ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... Korea - and the chills, they'll be multiplying. US Census Bureau data show that except for Argentina and Brazil, America imports more than it exports to these "sons of Trump" countries. China's exclusion from exemption is understandable because as at ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... on the 23 March, POTUS announced that the White House would be imposing a 25% tariff on around US$60 billion of Chinese imports, with Factset reporting: "Trump reiterated his administration has told China it wants trade deficit [with China] reduced by ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... it as a risk to the outlook". More so given recent reports that Trump would announce an increase in tariffs on Chinese imports this week and that China is already considering slapping higher tariffs on US agricultural exports. Once again, ex-Fed chief ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... other markets, including Australia, and so the global market might become distorted, Pearson added. "Tariffs are a tax on imports that makes it more expensive to do business and impose unnecessary costs on households," he said. "As such, the Australian ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... Donald Trump did what he promised he would. "Today I'm defending America's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminium...we will have a 25% tariff on foreign steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminium when the product ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... economic output is derived from the sum of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G) and exports minus imports (X-Y). The details of the December quarter show positive contributions to growth from household consumption (+0.6 pps) and government ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... 1.3% overnight after Donald announced that "sometime next week, we'll be signing" the imposition of a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% for imports of aluminium. Yes Virginia, it's an excuse to sell. For in the words of that other Donald - Donald Rumsfeld ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... steel makers switching to Australian iron ore (which has a higher iron content) to raise efficiency. China's iron ore imports increase by 9.0% in the year to January. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... credit offtake, large resource mobilisation from the primary capital market, and improving capital goods production and imports. Third, the process of recapitalisation of public sector banks has got underway." There's good news on inflation too with ...