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Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... effort to prevent foreign competitors from trying to undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its ability to penalise ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on the May 9 that resulted in a no deal. As a consequence, as at 12:01am Friday on the May 10 (New York time), US ...

AustralianSuper adds board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... Minister from 1985 to 1993. For the three years after this, Russell served as Australia's ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as the independent chair of $43 billion State Super. AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout said the ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... economy... It reflects negative revisions for several major economies including the euro area, Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia". Then again, negative revisions are more negative than others. The IMF re-calibrated ...

NZ Super dumps guns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... the fund to invest in digital infrastructure, with up to US$115 million to be invested in data centres across the United States. The fund said its investment - which was being made alongside vehicles managed by real estate infrastructure owner and operator ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... easing in inflation suggest yen depreciation, its relative monetary policy differential, particularly against the United States and the Eurozone, indicates otherwise. Time for the BOJ to "consider easing policy."

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... tweeted: "The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus has adversely impacted the United States, which will now put tariffs on $11 billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... normalise theirs and then... boom. Tariffs, trade war, reversal on Iran deal, death of NAFTA (now known as USMCA - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), his ditching of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), and so on and etcetera. Figure out Trump ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... production by 1.2 million barrels per day. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this is because "the United States... is now the world's biggest crude oil producer" - surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. The report by the Energy Information ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... China A-shares ETF has knocked 12bps off its annual management fees, after a decision taken by the board in the United States. The VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF (ASX: CETF) will now charge 0.60% instead of the 0.72%. The reduced fee is valid at ...