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Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... additional US services, US$75 billion more in manufacturing goods, and US$50 billion more worth of energy supplies, according to Trump. This is in exchange for America suspending its plan to increase tariffs on US$160 billion worth of Chinese goods (that ...

JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... respectively. JPMorgan Chase chair and chief executive Jamie Dimon said the resolution of geopolitical trade issues (read: Trump and China's trade war) helped boost results. "JPMorgan Chase produced strong results in the fourth quarter of 2019, capping ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... hostilities, including a revenge-style attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq. Thankfully, markets rebounded overnight after Trump stated that Iran was "standing down", indicating there would be no armed retaliation from the US. Demand for oil ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Tehran carried out revenge attacks on the US, stoking fears of a new war in ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... the two nations, the eulogist at General Suleimani's funeral has called for an $80 million bounty on US President Donald Trump. "Iran has 80 million inhabitants. Based on the Iranian population, we want to raise $80 million, which is a reward for those ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... the US considering tariffs as final "insurance" for compliance. Deal expected to be signed at the ministerial level (not Trump and Xi) in January. Talks about a phase 2 to begin immediately." This is good. Even better, the two economic behemoths are ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... the probability of a US recession (in 1990, 2001 and 2008) still produced a US recession. This is further compounded by Trump and his crusade against trade. While the Fed and financial markets appear to be correct in anticipating a pause, Bill Evans ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
"Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say 'on one hand...', then 'but on the other..." - Harry Truman The AFR recently published an opinion piece from Kate Samranvedhya - a Bachelor of Science in Economics graduate from Massachusetts ...