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Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
It's now 8pm in Washington. That's four hours until T-day (tariff Friday) - the time when US tariffs on about US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods are set to increase to 25% from 10%. Investors around the globe are holding their collective ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
Those were the days my friends, we thought would never end... but they ended. The days when measured inflation would go from minus 3% to plus 14%, give or take, back in the grim old days from the 1950s to the late 1980s are no more. Back then the monetarists ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The last time we heard some sort of policy guidance from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) was in early February this year when governor Haruhiko Kuroda was quoted as saying that: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we ...

AMP announces board changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
AMP announced a new appointment to its board as the sale of AMP Life to Resolution Life is completed. Debra Hazelton will join the AMP board as non-executive director from June 15. Trevor Matthews will remain on the AMP Life board as an AMP nominee ...

Australia, New Zealand leaders in responsible investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Australian and New Zealand investors are the most likely in the world to use a responsible investment approach, according to the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. In Australia and New Zealand, 63% of total assets under management are ...

Charity auction open for FICAP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
The annual Financial Industry Community Aid Program charity fundraiser has kicked off, with an online auction open for bidding. Ahead of FICAP's 2019 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' event tomorrow night, the online auction has kicked off with 39 lots ...

Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on March 14 and 15, 2019" contained the same optimism that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had been telling us and itself for as long as I can remember. The same rose-tinted outlook on growth. "Japan's ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
You've been warned. It was only exactly one week ago when I discussed the VIX and MOVE indices - the fear gauge for the stock and bond markets, respectively - and how they've been sharply coming down since the Fed announced its pause very in ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... trade negotiations with economy number two - China. So much so, the happenings in the world's third biggest economy - Japan - have all been but ignored. In case you failed to notice, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) concluded a two-day monetary policy meeting ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... December 2018); the Bank of England (BOE) remains a central bank in waiting (for the final outcome of Brexit); and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - which kept monetary policy unchanged at its March meeting - is predicted to engage in some form of policy easing ...