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Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... to bump up global growth and support developed country central banks to go ahead and 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 ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... the worst since mid-2014. "The loss was due to a host of issues including the partial government shutdown, the impact of tariffs, instabilities in financial markets, the global slowdown, and the lack of clarity about monetary policies. Aside from the ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... "also pouring gas on the US markets..." Another reply from Donna Perry said: "Stock market down 4.98% this year. Your tariffs and policies are hurting our country!" Then again, here's a true Trump believer, Ava Armstrong's reply to Trump's ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... One that's voiced out by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde: "There is that concern about trade...rhetoric and tariffs... the "uncertainty over how this is going to be resolved, which is weighing on the optimism of markets." But we don't ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN." The implication, of course, is that all the good things he said about his weekend talk with ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Powell's latest recantation indicates that the Fed put is back on. A deterioration in US-China trade talks or increased tariffs on both sides should drive a greater dovish slant from the Fed.

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... explains that: "The slowdown is being led by a drop in exports, linked in turn by many survey respondents to trade wars and tariffs, which appears to have darkened the global economic environment and led to increased risk aversion. It is therefore not ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Taiwan. "Power generation in Asia Pacific is undergoing a major shift, driven by ambitious government targets and supportive tariffs. Asia Pacific currently accounts for 44% of global onshore wind and almost 60% of global solar generation capacity. Over ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... Reuters' reports that China's imports of sorghum dropped by 76.9% in the year to September, "dragged down by Chinese tariffs on cargoes of the commodity from key supplier the US." This should give Australia a window to step in as substitute supplier. ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Jones said: "On a fundamental basis we would expect economic activity to remain at healthy levels, despite concerns over tariffs, trade and political issues in certain countries. This should feed through to continued corporate earnings, cash flow and ...