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Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018

Another month, another strong US labour market report. The time before US President Donald Trump would have had consumers, businesses and investors everywhere dancing in the streets and singing hallelujah. This is due to the rationale that the US economy's ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018

Another rate hike is coming soon! This is the almost unanimous verdict financial markets and the intelligentsia gave after reading the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting. Can't blame them, it was there all for everybody ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018

... recovered 5% of its value since then. Recall that the greenback narrative back between December 2016 (the first Fed rate hike) and end-2017 was for continued dollar appreciation based on expectations for continued Fed policy normalisation - three rate ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018

"...it is possible that the many, though not individually good men, yet when they come together may be better, not individually but collectively, than those who are so, just as public dinners to which many contribute are better than those supplied at ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018

Had it not been for Trump's attack threat on Syria (now retreat) the other day, financial markets would have been dissecting the minutes of the Fed's 20-21 March FOMC meeting. There really was nothing significant except for a sentence alluding to a ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018

Sticks and stones may break my bones but sanctions will me get re-elected. Lost among investor worries over increased volatility in the financial markets, the correction on Wall Street, the prospect of a greater than three Fed rate hikes this year and ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017

... 16.30 reading recorded in mid-September last year when Trump was closing in on his election war with Hillary and the Fed rate hike speculations were the "fear du'jour". But even that was not high enough compared to 2016's high of 27.59 triggered by China's ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017

... announced its third hike on 15 March) and 1.83% at the start of 2017. These figures have reduced the odds for a Fed rate hike next month but financial markets are still betting on one with the probability tracked at 70% (from 80%). But wouldn't this ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017

"I think this is something - it certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote-getting process. We learned a lot about some very arcane rules in, obviously, both the ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017

Lost in the current expectations du jour - inevitable Fed rate hike on the 15th of March (and how many more thereafter) and US president Trump's reflationary policies (would they be passed in full, scaled down, or abandoned) are recent developments ...

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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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