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Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... more recent than recently, is Trump's recent declaration restoring tariffs on US steel and aluminium imports from Argentina and Brazil, considering imposing 100% tariffs on French products; and, suggesting that the US-China deal could wait until ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... month high reading of 50.3 in November after five months of contraction....and then came Trump's tweet: "Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies. which is not good for our farmers. Therefore, effective ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit; political uncertainty (in Hong Kong, in Italy, in Russia and in Argentina). These mounting uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... and Australia". No surprises but the IMF nominated the US-China trade tensions - along with "macroeconomic stress in Argentina and Turkey, disruptions to the auto sector in Germany, and financial tightening alongside the normalisation of monetary policy ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... (+2.5%); Nasdaq (3.0%); Russell 2000 (+2.5%). Merry Christmas! It would even be merrier if Trump and Xi's meeting in Argentina this weekend leads to ceasefire in the trade war. Then again, of course, the unpredictable entity that is Trump will keep ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is singing Eva Peron's song, telling CNBC that the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting in Argentina provides a "break-through" on the trade dispute and that there's a "good possibility" a deal could be reached. The mounting ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... area." "The shakier outlook in 2019 reflects deteriorating prospects, principally in emerging markets such as Turkey, Argentina and Brazil, while the further slowdown in 2020 is more a reflection of developments in advanced economies as slower trade ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... 80.3 and 80.2 respectively; Denmark previously held first place for the last six years. Of the 34 countries analysed, Argentina received the lowest score, coming in at 39.2. In compiling the report, Mercer said the growing tension between adequacy and ...

Chi-x opens up access to tech darling Apple

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... looking to gain access to US listed shares." Deutsche developed transferable custody receipts in 1995, offering them in Argentina, Mexico and most recently Chile. Deutsche Bank sets up the security's structure and acts as depositary bank, pays the dividends ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...