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Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... non-durables. Recall that GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). That is, consumer spending plus investment plus government expenditure plus net exports. All of them also contributed to growth in the second quarter. Also aided by tax reductions, investment (I) added 0.94 ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... highest level since 2008 and the second hike this year - despite judging that "trade uncertainty on Canadian investment and exports" would now have a larger impact. After slowing 2.3% in the year to the March quarter, the BOC expects GDP growth to "pick-up ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... consumer spending. On the flipside, while the strong US dollar is keeping inflation largely contained, it would also make US exports become more expensive in the world market which, by extension, would increase the US trade deficit and subtract from ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... combatants - the United States and China - are its biggest trading partners. America accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion index - rise minus fall -- of input prices in manufacturing rose to 30 in the June quarter from ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... in the previous month. The details of the trade imbalance would surely get deeper under Trump's skin. China's exports to the US increased by 11.6% to US$39.3 billion in May while imports grew by 11.4% to US$14.7 billion. The (still) strong momentum ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... 50%. Other countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on US imports. US imports dropped by 66% between 1929 and 1933 and its exports plunged 61%. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the 1930s depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... market currencies should work to improve the trade balance against US. But this would only put emerging countries' exports right in the middle of Trump's crosshairs (pun intended).

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... conference that, "We're working hard to reduce our trade imbalance which is very substantial, remove barriers to US exports and to achieve a fair and mutually beneficial economic partnership" and that Abe communicated to him that Japan "billions ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... explains that total 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 ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... local instead - and overseas holidays more costly - prompting staycations. On the flipside, a cheaper A$ makes Australian exports more competitive and overseas company earnings higher when translated back into the local currency. The floating A$ is again ...