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Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... leaking to other countries through purchases of imported products and services. US GDP growth of 4%-6% here America comes! Yippee-kay-yay! Trump's promise made, Trump's promise delivered. This state of "booming" affairs might last well... until ...

Chief economist update: Fed on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... 500 index reversed direction and climbed 0.3% higher after the Fed's announcement hit trading desks around the world. Yippee-kay-yay! And then the S&P 500 index reversed its reversal, falling by 0.3% at the close of trade. Booo! Here's why and ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... weakening global growth -- in particular, China -- and its attendant impact on commodity prices (more specifically, iron ore). Yippee-kay-yay! Bring it on! A trip down memory lane shows how the Australian dollar's depreciation deflected not one ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... I remember correctly, the Fed's last published estimate of the "neutral interest rate" is 2.5% to 3%. All good and yippee-kay-yay for at the current fed funds rate of 2.25% (2%-2.25% to be exact), the Fed needs to raise interest rates by only one ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... 2896.74 points at the end of last night's trading activity on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia, it's a new record high! Yippee-kay-yay and hallelujah! This is good for stock markets around the world, including Australia. One only has to read the Australian ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Yippee-kay-yay! 'twas a good week for most major equity markets last week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... - indicating weak global demand and diving imports - down 8.1% over the same period - suggesting weak domestic demand. Yippee-kay-yay! Markets rally for it was so bad that it's oh so good... it'll be met with more stimulus. (As an aside, has anyone noticed ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... index, the US dollar index and US bond yields fell from the prior week (before the Fed) while the US equity market rose. Yippee-kay-yay! Kudos to Madame Janet for her craftily-crafted "forward guidance", she was able to take out 'patient' without panicking ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... US$0.85), he's finally getting his wish sans lowering interest rates (that could blow more bubbles in the property market). Yippee-kay-yay! But the way the Australian economy is not going, we should be praying to the currency gods that we get some more... ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... even better than expected Chinese trade data fails to lift market mood. Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by 7% over the same period - hip, hip... ...
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