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Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018

... March quarter, especially considering the continued solid and robust state of the labour market. The explanation lies in what CNBC claims remained unexplained to this day. The heading of CNBC's piece published on 22 April 2015 says it all, " Why ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018

... higher. If it does, President Donald Trump's would have made good on another one of his promises. In an interview with CNBC in January this year, Trump remarked that: "The dollar is going to get stronger and stronger, and ultimately I want to see ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018

... passage of US President Donald Trump's tax cuts into law has already prodded several US companies to announce pay hikes. As CNBC reported late last month, "Fifth Third Bancorp will pay more than 13,500 employees a bonus and raise the minimum wage of ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018

... from Bloomberg that China plans to either slow or halt its purchases of Treasuries for one reason behind his negative view." CNBC completes the rational for Gross' bearish bond stance: "Rising nominal U.S. GDP that will stoke inflation, reduced purchases ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017

... November - the day when the Shanghai composite index fell by 2.3% and the blue chip CSI 300 index plunged by 3.0%. According to CNBC, this is because "Chinese firms have been under pressure since the government began tightening rules on lending. In particular ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016

... people who believe the Bank of Japan is wary of expanding Japan's already excessive public debt; it is currently 230%of GDP. CNBC are quoting analysts from SMBC Nikko Securities who expect the package will push up real GDP growth by just 0.4% this year ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016

... economic and financial backdrop shaping up to be a repeat of 2008. Early in the New Year George Soros made headlines with the CNBC headline: "Soros: It's the 2008 crisis all over again". This was followed not many weeks later by 'The Guardian's' "Fears ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014

... trillion your printing presses are printing. It'll certainly be less... for sure. Quoting Schroders' economist Azad Zangana, CNBC prints that "Zangana highlighted that the available stock of ABS was approximately 250 billion euros - whereas the available ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014

... a sudden... found religion. Well, not quite. It's all about reports of Russia de-escalating tensions in Ukraine. Hapeee! CNBC cites "Reuters, citing Russia's Interfax, reported that Russia had ended military exercises near the Ukrainian border" and soldiers ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 14 APR 2014

... just as he knew less than a year ago. On 8 August 2013, Marc predicted that... wait for it... A 1987-style crash is coming (CNBC) and that the S&P 500 would drop "maybe 20 percent, maybe more" by the end of the year. Because "Some of the tailwinds we've ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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