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Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... managers, chief executives and chief financial officers across Australia and New Zealand are most concerned about. Stagflation, China's slowdown and a global energy crunch were top of mind for over 1500 surveyed while attending Citi's 13th annual Australia ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... other crises in the past - GFC, Asian financial crisis, Japan's deflation in the early 1990s, the 1987 crash, stagflation in the 70s and, of course, the Great Depression of the 1930s - this too shall pass. It's always darkest before dawn and ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... 1.3% this year (from earlier forecasts of 1.9%) and by 1.6% in 2020 (from 1.7%). It's not always the case - as in stagflation (slow/receding growth and high inflation) - but generally, slowing growth begets slowing inflation. Not surprisingly, the ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... nations compared to emerging markets." Weakening global growth momentum, rising inflation? Are we in the early stages of stagflation? We may not be there yet, but if the current trade spat between the US and everybody else morphs into an all war then ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... services and...trade war here we come. This would raise inflation and slow growth at the same time. In other words stagflation. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... supply. High demand and low supply causes prices to rise - and vice-versa. Economists have already coined the term "stagflation" - an economic state of no growth (stagnation) and elevated inflation - but we still have to come up with a nomenclature for ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... (ECB) wants to lessen the threat of deflation... but not Russia. For Russia, like its BRIC amigo - Brazil - faces stagflation. Growth in Russia's economy slowed to a mere 0.2% in the year to the third quarter (from 2.0% at the end of last year) while ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Perhaps they cheated and have had a little peep at the data, but last night's advance estimate of US third quarter real GDP growth confirmed the Fed's positive outlook on the economy and gave meat to its decision to end its quantitative easing programme. ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Hit it Karen, I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world." Tomorrow has come and the S&P 500 index has ...