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Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... did nothing but then it's more accurate to say that the BOE reacted to changed developments in the UK economy. UK GDP growth slowed to an annual rate of 1.2% in the March quarter from 1.4% in the year to the December 2017 quarter. This is the slowest ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... the March quarter, more than reversing the 0.1% gain in the previous three-month period. Another quarter of negative GDP growth would bring it back into a technical recession. Apart from ending the longest stretch of quarterly economic expansions since ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... December 2008 - from 4.5% in the previous three-month period. But I wonder whether this is lagged impact from the strong GDP growth of quarters gone by. After peaking at a five-quarter high of 4% in the December 2016 quarter, annual economic growth had ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... surprising given the BOE's rationale for maintaining current policy settings - the sharp slowdown in first quarter GDP growth. UK GDP expanded by 1.2% in the year to the first quarter of 2018 from 1.4% in the previous quarter. This is less than market ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... year due to the global financial crisis. The economic projections in the Budget Papers 2018-19 look rational enough - GDP growth of 2.75% this fiscal year and then 3% per annum in the next four; so are the predictions for the unemployment and inflation ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... budget surplus. But before I put my foot where I chew food, I'll wait for the details and the accompanying assumptions - GDP growth, employment, inflation, wages - embedded in Budget Papers 2018-19 before casting the first stone. Ben Ong is the Director ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... quarter." This is good but some analysts are saying, this is as good as it gets, pointing to the deceleration in US GDP growth in the first quarter of this year to an annualised rate of 2.3% from 2.9% in the December 2017 quarter and 3.2% in the September ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... that the March rebound has come in late for consumer spending to make a significant contribution to first quarter US GDP growth. Estimates show that consumer spending slowed to an annualised rate of 1.5% in the March quarter after the December 2017 quarter's ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... 2017; China by 7.0%; Japan by 2.9%; South Korea by 10.2%; Germany by 3.0%; India by 9.2%. Switzerland's per capita GDP growth even fell by 2.4% between 2016 and 2017. The US is a victim of its economy's relatively stronger expansion - one that would ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Minister Theresa May and Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney could at least focus on the domestic economy. While UK GDP growth slowed to annual rate of 1.4% in the year to the December 2017 quarter (the weakest since the June 2012 quarter) from ...