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Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... month of 2018, the benchmark index's performance to date is down to a mere 0.3% as the euro strengthened versus the US dollar. The euro currency's recent reversal - down to US$1.1655 from US$1.2503 in January - should help underpin share market ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... Argentine peso and by extension, put downward pressure on inflation. The country's currency has fallen by 13.7% against the US dollar this year to date, on top of its 15.9% depreciation in 2017. Consumer price inflation accelerated to 25.6% in the year ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... 0.1% to 2669.91 points, the fed funds rate is up 25 bps to 1.75%, 10-year US bond yields are up 55 bps to 2.96% and the US dollar index is 0.8% lower to a reading of 91.51, but is heading higher. Despite this, Factset reports that with half of the S&P ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... financial crisis of 1997/1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. The A$ has depreciated by 1.8% versus the US dollar in the first quarter of this year and by 4.0% on the trade weighted index (TWI). And if this still isn't enough, the RBA has ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... real yields. He believes a lot of people are assuming US interest rates are on the move upwards, and that a positive US dollar positive is by extension negative for emerging market and local currency debt. But there are flaws. "One is that it's not necessarily ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... measure down slightly to 2.2% from 2.3%, it hasn't altered the trend acceleration in producer prices. Add to this the US dollar's depreciation that makes the price of imported goods more expensive and eventually passed on to consumers. The Bloomberg ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... isn't rising or falling abruptly". That might be the case last year, when the yen appreciated by just 3.1% versus the US dollar. So far this year (to 15 February), it has already risen another 5.7% against the greenback to ¥106.86 - it's strongest level ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... quarter versus 1.8% in 2016 - the unemployment rate is down to 4.1% at the end of 2017 from 4.8% at the beginning; the US dollar is cheaper; and then there's the tax cuts which is expected to boost growth, wages and spending and the deficit (further ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... negating the 6.9% increase in exports. Net exports could provide a lesser drag to future growth, even turn positive, if the US dollar continues to weaken. But even if it turns around, the details of the National Accounts show that the US economy has ...