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Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... today. The list also includes geopolitical concerns, Brexit, technical breaches, sell-off in momentum names, softening US housing markets, forced selling, JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon's comments that he saw a flat fourth-quarter trading environment. ...

ING restructures, creates distribution head role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... Carnell has been with ING since 2004 and led one of the first market economist teams to accurately forecast and time the US housing collapse that resulted in the GFC.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... 9.0% drop in housing starts in September, data on existing home sales leaves no doubt about the solid state of the US housing market. Existing home sales jumped by 3.2% to an annualised rate of 5.47 million in September of 2016 - the highest level since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... +0.40pts) and modest support from consumer sentiment and dwelling approvals (contributing +0.15ppts on a combined basis)". US housing starts Because of housing's large multiplier effect on the economy, the Fed would be concerned at the latest stats that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... previous month. This is lower than consensus expectations for a 0.5% increase and pints to continued weakness in the US housing market in the coming months. US new home sales (reported previously) dropped by 7.6% in the month of August. Eurozone confidence ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... year over year increase). Sydney went up by 3.6% in the year to the June quarter following a 9.7% pick up in March. US housing starts US housing starts fell by 5.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.142 million units in August from 1.212 million ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... However, on a year-on-year basis, industrial production fell by 0.5% in July - the 11th straight month of contraction. US housing starts An across the board increase in building activity sent US housing starts up 2.1% to an annualised rate of 1211 thousand ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... target" -- and nary a jawboning word from RBA governor Glenn Stevens, should keep the A$ well-bid in the near term. US housing starts There was a big disappointment in the latest update on the US housing sector. Housing starts dropped by 8.8% in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... of record closing peaks, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 8.40 points (0.17 per cent) to 5,070.03. US housing starts leapt 20.2 per cent in April to an annual rate of 1,135,000 units, the best level of new home construction since November ...