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Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... film trilogy), but whoever first said it...Japan appears to be the one applying this dictum in the midst of the current trade war threat. While the US and China are in the midst of a game of poker - I'll see your US$50 billion "Made in China" proposed ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... rate Future Output 64.8 65.0 + Positive, greater extent But if Trump's protectionist policies escalate into an all-out trade war the slowdown in global manufacturing would continue threatening to derail the synchronised growth upswing. This has recently ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... index continued to strengthen, lifting to a reading of 56.0 in February from 54.3 in the previous month. A full-blown trade war could morph from risk to reality. There'll be no place to hide if this happens. But one thing going for this 'Lucky Country' ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... don't give a damn!" Given the financial markets' reaction, they don't care so long as the "lose-lose" situation of a trade war is averted. Still, this will continue to task the minds of investors and more especially, central bankers, everywhere, as to ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
Trade war and an escalation of it was what every other financial market report pointed to as ground zero for the renewed equity market slump. Most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town have now turned red this year to date, one would ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Burns, "The best laid out plans of mice and men often go awry." While Fed chief Powell noted that the potential for a trade war - sparked by Trump's tariff on steel and aluminium - has not been factored into the Fed's economic outlook, he did reveal ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... offset by a sharp fall in "economic conditions next 5 years", which possibly reflects concern over an ensuing global trade war following Trump's tariff increase announcement on steel and aluminium. Still, five years is a long, long time. Domestic and ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... and Industry chief executive James Pearson said Australia must now use its diplomatic skills to help to avert a global trade war that no one will win. "The selective application of tariffs might have short term political appeal, but in the long run it ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... days. Surely, America's trading partners would also make good their counter-threat for retaliatory actions...and the trade war is on! But instead of diving US equities rose - the S&P 500 gained 0.5%; the Dow 0.4%; the Nasdaq 0.4%. Buy on news? Perhaps. ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... correction on Wall Street, the prospect of a greater than three Fed rate hikes this year and the prospect of a global trade war sparked by Trump's 25/10 tariff threat is Russia's improving fortunes. To be sure, the numerous sanctions imposed on Moscow ...