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Fed cuts rates as Powell is questioned on Trump win

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... was unlikely to be able to make any changes to the Fed, his commentary could cause volatility going forward. "President Trump is unlikely to be able to make significant changes to the FOMC in the near-term, especially ahead of the expiry of Chair Powell's ...

US election to add to inflation woes: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... weakened as markets reassessed the potential outcome of the election after they had been bracing for a win by former President Trump," Allen said. American Century Investments research found that US stocks have historically averaged positive returns ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... profile compared to Trump. "Clearly the Harris proposal to raise the corporate tax rate is in sharp contrast to President Trump's agenda. This would reverse half of the corporate tax cut from 35% to 21% that was supported by President Trump and the Republican ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... suburban and rural. Gay, straight, transgender. White. Latino. Asian. Native American. "And to those who voted for President Trump, I understand your disappointment tonight. I've lost a couple of elections myself. But now, let's give each other ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... adapt. You overcome. You improvise." - Heartbreak Ridge The coronavirus pandemic has been likened to a war. US president Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war", India's prime minister ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... recovery in the US economy... threatening Trump's re-election campaign. So much so, that, according to Factset: "President Trump signed a combination of memorandums and an executive order on Saturday, following through on a threat to act unilaterally ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... Hong Kong and now, cyberespionage. It could be because the world has a much bigger small coronavirus to fry. US President Trump and China's leader Xi could smooch and make up tomorrow but governments and central banks and financial markets around ...

EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... pre-pandemic began to reassert themselves." He pointed to tensions between the US and China as a key area of concern. "President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about the virus's origination in Wuhan and whether China covered it up," ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... The Fed's reportedly deliberating unlimited buying of US Treasuries to keep yields at a targeted rate. US President Trump is determined to get a fifth coronavirus relief package, including a payroll tax cut, approved and going.

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... intent to improve national security in Hong Kong (if it sounds familiar, it is, for this is the same "excuse" US President Trump used when he raised tariffs on steel and aluminium in March 2018). To wit: "We will establish sound legal systems and enforcement ...