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Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... rates still zero or close to zero or negative, with some still engaged in asset purchases (QE)... at a time when economic activity is again losing momentum and fears that another recession is nigh is mounting. In Germany - Europe and the Eurozone's ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... to levels not seen since the 1970s." The Fed researchers then estimated the blow such uncertainty delivers to economic activity, as businesses pull back on investment and production. They concluded that globally and in the United States, its impact is ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... lending conditions and the smooth transmission of monetary policy" - hasn't had time yet to filter through to economic activity. However, Super Mario would want to go out with a bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... currencies, which might affect the economy to a larger degree amid intensifying trade tensions." The RBI? "Domestic economic activity continues to be weak, with the global slowdown and escalating trade tensions posing downside risks." If the US Federal ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... pressure into the global economy. Sure, it was welcomed back in the late-1990's to mid-2000's when global economic activity was going gang-busters. But not now, not now when most major central banks around the planet are struggling to get inflation ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... expectations" up by 8.9%; "time to buy a major household item" increased by 3.6% - those related to broader economic activity indicated increased pessimism. "Family finances vs a year ago" climb by 3.0% in the month of July but, at 85.7, remained below ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... semi-annual Monetary Policy Report noting: "Since the beginning of May, the tenor of incoming information on economic activity, on balance, has become somewhat more downbeat, and uncertainties about the economic outlook have increased." These are, more ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... 2.8% year-on-year rate recorded in the September 2017 quarter. While there are nascent signs of stability over economic activity... According to Markit Economics, "The IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 52.1 in June, according to the preliminary ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... having a ball Don't stop me now..." - Queen Despite the ongoing uncertainty over the slowdown in global economic activity, the lingering trade war and now, geopolitical concerns (prompted by the developing US-Iran stoush), the Australian equity market ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... and expected path of the fed funds rate going forward. "The Committee continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's symmetric 2% objective as the most likely outcomes ...