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Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... on the 4 October. The slide came after Trump decided to be "magnanimous" in exempting eight countries -- China, India, Greece, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey and South Korea - from buying Iranian oil. OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers pumping oil plus Iranian ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... contraction. Ergo, lesser demand for oil. As per supply, Trump's recent decision exempting eight countries - China, India, Greece, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey and South Korea - from buying Iranian oil means that Iran's oil production would continue ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... the experience of the Greek Crisis and Grexit talks makes it imperative. More so, because Italy is a bigger economy than Greece. Eurostat figures show that Greece accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016) while Italy - the fourth biggest economy ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... 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 single-currency area. Still, the ECB has every right to be ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... campaigned on a proposed referendum on Italy's membership in the Eurozone (they were against it). Eurostat stats show that Greece accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016). Italy - the fourth biggest economy in Europe - accounts for 11.3% ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... Other countries without a DTA include Portugal, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia while Greece has only an Airlines Profits Agreement.

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... this time in its economic cycle... when almost all indicators are pointing to the sky? That's so un-Keynesian. Just as Greece was required to tighten its fiscal expenditure when its economy was in recession (that sent it in direr straits), America is ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... comparison, China, Finland, India, Spain and the United States have no regulation on the use of genetic test results, while Greece and Japan have no regulation but do abide by codes of conduct developed by industry groups. Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... that. Despite the political uncertainties, the terrorists' threats and assaults, Brexit uncertainty and might I mention Greece (which again failed to secure the latest €7 billion tranche of bailout funds from its creditors) - but nah, ever since Greece ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... (down to 53.7 from 53.8). Across the region, the lowest jobless rate was recorded in Germany (4.1%) and Malta (4.8%) while Greece (23.1%) and Spain (19.2%) had the highest.