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Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... factors the IMF identified three short months before were: "rising geo-political tensions between the US and Iran; still high tariff barriers between America and its trading partners; and, weather-related disasters. Who would have thought? All available ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
All good things must come to an end and this 'Lucky Country's' luck appears to have ran out after enjoying 28 years and a bit without an economic recession. Australia has survived economic and financial market upheavals over the past three ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... meeting. Some would claim that the deleterious impact of the coronavirus on the globe is worse than at the height of the tariff wars between Beijing and Washington and Fed rate hikes, others would disagree. I think the impact would depend on how long ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... than the RBA's modelling... and the coronavirus could linger for longer. Not to mention, a restart of the US-China tariff tit-for-tat. These turn of events would obligate the RBA to cut interest rates -- one or two more, it doesn't matter -- ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... button, investors should take this opportunity to add to their stock portfolios." This, or Donald Trump will increase the tariff on the virus entering America. But I digress. The ABS 'Labour Force, Australia' report shows that total employment ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... tariffs on US$160 billion worth of Chinese goods (that was due to be applied last 15 December 2019), not lifting the 25% tariff on US$250 billion Chinese imports and, cutting the tariff on US$120 billion in imports from China in half to 7.5%... with ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... the range of 5-6%, down from the 6.1% originally forecast. "The Phase 1 trade deal, although with only marginal overall tariff rollback, is welcome as a signal of a turning point away from further escalation," the research said. "The boost to business ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... Eurozone recover its growth momentum, so much so that the ECB decided to end its QE programme on 31 December 2018. Trump's tariff war- that weakened global trading activity - that started in March 2018, and the Fed's pivot in early 2019 - strengthened ...