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Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... 1933 and its exports plunged by 61%. We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8% in 1930 to 25.1% three years later. No amount of Trump's pandering to the US populace will get him a second ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... full-time employment - up 64,900 in February - that offset the 47,400 drop in part-time jobs. And although the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.6% in February from 5.5% in the previous month, this was a result of the increase in the participation rate ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... predicted in December 2017) and 2.4% next year (from 2.1%) and unchanged at 2.0% in 2020. Projections for the unemployment rate was lowered to 3.8% this year (from 3.9% in the December forecast) and 3.6% for 2019 and 2020 (from 3.9% and 4.0%, respectively). ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... it's also at this month's meeting that the Fed releases its FOMC projections for GDP growth, inflation and the unemployment rate and of course... the dot plots. The "dot plots" plot individual Fed district president's forecasts of the timing of the next ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... 2017 quarter from 1.9% in the third quarter, 1.6% in the second and 1.3% in the first quarter. The country's unemployment rate has dropped to three months short of a 25-year low of 2.4% in January from 2.8% in December 2017 while the jobs-to-applicants ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... from the initial estimate of 200,000 - and much more than consensus expectations for a 205,000 increase. The unemployment rate held steady at a 17-year low of 4.1% in February as the labour force participation rate jumped to 63.0% from 62.7% in January ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... the March quarter to 2.9% in the September quarter (we'll get the December quarter update later today); the unemployment rate improved from 5.7% in January 2017 to 5.5% in the same month this year; business confidence and conditions are stronger; so ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... the previous year. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) predicts growth to accelerate to 2% this year. The unemployment rate has dropped to 5.2% in January 2018 from the three-year high of 6% recorded in March 2016. These ensure continued improvement ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... and its exports plunged by 61%. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8% in 1930 to 25.1% three years later. For sure, the world is in a much better place now than in the 1930's - ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... for all to see. The economy expanded by 2.5% for the full-year 2017 - the fastest growth rate in 10 years. The unemployment rate has fallen from 9.6% in January 2017 to 8.7% by December last year - the lowest level since January 2009. It's therefore ...