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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... orders for US agricultural products; US$40 billion to $50 billion in 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 ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... increase in the value-added tax (VAT) in October last year. The economy is also suffering from acute weakness in manufacturing and exports, particularly those to China, alongside declining consumer confidence." "In response, the government is providing ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... contribute (through proactive investment in third world countries). He also suggested that fossil fuels and plastics manufacturing will continue to be social and environmental issues in the near future, and thus, people may choose to exclude these assets ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... its highest reading since February 2011 According to IHS/Markit (at the time): "The upturn continued to be led by manufacturing, where the headline Eurozone PMI rose to its highest since the series began in June 1997. Faster manufacturing output growth ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... over a US-China "phase one" deal (despite some stumbling blocks) and accompanied by the recent improvement in world manufacturing activity. The JP Morgan global manufacturing PMI rebounded into expansion territory to a seven month high reading of 50.3 ...

Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
It might be a mere 0.2 point above the line but it was indication enough that China's manufacturing sector has stopped contracting. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased to a reading of 50.2 in November ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... the global economy (despite recent optimism over a US-China trade deal and indications of a bottoming in global manufacturing activity) and the persistent weakness in household spending (due to the high level of household indebtedness), perhaps not. ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... "phase one" deal between the US and China and indications from the Markit PMI surveys that the contraction in global manufacturing activity has bottomed. As such, the VIX index - the fear gauge - has dropped from this year's high of 24.59 in August ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... over the past few months plus its "technical adjustment" (don't call it QE). In addition, the slump in global manufacturing activity appears to have bottomed and just as it led the services sector down it heralds a turnaround from the trend decline ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... composite PMI fell to a reading of 49.1 in October from 51.5 in the previous month due to the continued weakness in the manufacturing sector (down to 48.4 from 48.9 in September) and the first contraction in the services sector (down to 49.7 from 52.8) ...