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Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... countries. China's exclusion from exemption is understandable because as at the end of 2017, it sold US$375.2 billion worth of goods to the US than it bought. Speaking of which, India can count on its lucky stars - neither exempted nor reliant enough ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Ben James - Director of Quarterly Economy Wide Surveys at the ABS - "All industries saw rises in February led by household goods retailing (1.1 per cent), food retailing (0.3 per cent), cafe's restaurants and takeaways (0.7 per cent) and clothing, footwear ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... recently become more real with a China Commerce Ministry spokesman quoted as saying: "China will take equivalent measures on US goods at the same level and scale" in anticipation of Trump's next wave of trade restrictions on Beijing." In addition, China's ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... second-round effects that could have much more serious consequences. These include the risk of retaliation across other goods and an escalation of trade tensions; and the potential for negative confidence effects, which would weigh on business investment ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... However, this also ensures that the US economy would expand stronger than its trading partners - read, it would be buying more goods and services from abroad that would further increase the US trade deficit, prompting the Trump administration to widen ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... Investments Commission (ASIC) regulatory sandbox; Bringing equity crowdfunding to Australia; Removing the double-taxing of goods and services tax for digital currencies, and bringing digital currency exchanges under Australia's anti-money laundering ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... Australian Chamber continues to call for the phasing out of all tariffs - including those applied by Australia on imported goods - and the rejection of increased anti-dumping actions outside of those sanctioned by the World Trade Organisation." In this ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... moderation in the quarterly growth rate to 0.4% from 0.6% in the September quarter and 1.1% in the June quarter. X-Y. Exports of goods and services fell by 1.8% while imports increased by 0.5% in the December quarter. While the increase in imports confirms ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... onto the domestic economy. Retaliation from other countries would prompt Trump to counter by expanding tariffs on other goods and services and...trade war here we come. This would raise inflation and slow growth at the same time. In other words stagflation. ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... without using Apple Pay. The trio's joint venture will develop payment app, Beem, enabling consumers to instantly pay for goods and services regardless of the institution they bank with. Consumers will be able to make payments using their smartphone ...