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Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... and you'll likely to hit a rational one - rising US bond yields, expectations of a more aggressive Fed, US-China trade war, slowing global growth momentum, emerging market rout, US equity market overvaluation, expectations of lower Q3 corporate profits ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... correct if you look at the litany of reasons behind the past two-day's sell-off - Fed tightening, bond yield rise, trade war (but of course, he's not going to blame himself), slowing China and global growth, overvaluation, slowing momentum, bearish ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Street stock plunge - Aljazeera.com Wall Street plunges on rising rates - The Australian Wall Street sinks on IMF's trade war concerns... - ABC News 'The Fed has gone crazy': Trump points finger for Wall Street tumble - The Sydney Morning ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... re-starting infrastructure spending - would be sufficient to turn Beijing's fortune around... not with the Trump's trade war sword hanging over its head. Australia would be one of the hardest hit by China's slowdown. China is Australia's ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... says. We recently asked our readers which of the following events will likely eventuate in the next 12 months: a global trade war; China going into recession; the Labor Party winning the next election or a property crash. Of all the possible scenarios ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... S&P 500 index gained 0.4% following the news, not least because it removed one source of uncertainty in the game of trade war poker that's being played around the world, with Trump as the dealer. This "win" would further encourage Trump to apply ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... economic outlook appear roughly balanced", Powell noted a "rising chorus" of concerns among US businesses over the US-China trade war. "If we have widespread tariffs and a protectionist world, that's going to be bad for American families... and also ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Europe and Asia demand. US gasoline demand growth eased due to higher prices." However, the escalation of Trump's trade war that's now slowing the growth momentum in the global economy should weaken oil demand (hence, oil prices). The demand ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... tariffs and quotas and volumes, trade and so on, what is going to be the effect on general confidence of an extended trade war? That is certainly a second factor. The third factor which makes any assessment quite difficult is to assess; what are the ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... America's international trade (released 5 September) - which I suspect was a major factor for Trump beating his trade war drum louder last week. Now that the "public comment" period is over, Trump is expected to impose tariffs on US$200 billion worth ...