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Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... still below its 2% inflation target). When the FOMC meets on April 30 - May 1, it'll surely be pondering over these indicators, scratching their heads before assessing the best way forward. Strong growth and very low unemployment rate dictates higher ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
"Spring is the time of plans and projects." - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. So it is with China. Recent economic indicators have turned up in time for spring. China deserves to be congratulated. It's watered and fertilised the economy with enough ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... credit has been evident since at least early 2018 but has only recently come into focus due to a flurry of weakness in indicators of domestic demand." That certainly looks likely, especially if one extrapolates the downtrend in the Australian dollar ...

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... loss of social capital has occurred suddenly and quickly, with little or no warning provided by current management indicators and reporting. "Indicators and reporting have proven to be backward-looking and ineffective," they wrote. "In some ways this ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
It appears nothing is normal with the Fed's march toward normalising monetary policy. Not only has it stopped in its tracks, the White House wants it to go in reverse. Cue US President Trump's latest "advice" to the Fed: "In terms of quantitative ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... than consensus expectations for a 50.1 outcome and is the highest reading since July last year. Not only this, forward indicators have also improved. As per Caixin, "The subindex for new orders climbed to its highest level in four months, and the gauge ...

Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... this, despite the country's unemployment rate dropping to an eight-year low of 4.9% in February. Other household indicators show a similar trend. Household disposable income is dwindling with the annual growth rate slowing to 2.0% in the December ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... succession of interest rate cuts from 4.75% in October 2011 to 2.5% in August 2013. Only after then, have employment indicators start to rebound.

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
Uh-OMG-oh! Long-time and loyal readers would have probably noticed my change in tune over the past few weeks - from a mini-me Dr. Doom to a prophet of boom - based on the rationale that the world's major central banks have toned down and/or reversed ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... - but more recent updates on the trajectory of the Australian economy remains ominous, if not outright disastrous. Indicators released this week - retail sales, business confidence and conditions, consumer sentiment, lending to households and businesses ...