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Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... That time, it was "Tax cut Trump". As per the IMF's January 2018 report, "...the US tax reform and associated fiscal stimulus are expected to temporarily raise US growth, with favorable demand spillovers for US trading partners-especially Canada ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... US$15.49 trillion dollars which is 13%-20% of the world GDP in 2017. Additionally, this will involve an extra investment stimulus to the economy from US$2.93 to US$3.71 trillion which is 3.7%-4.7% of the world GDP in 2017. Countries that are stricter ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... have resulted in an outflow of capital from emerging economies and are weakening their currencies. Monetary and fiscal stimulus is being withdrawn progressively in the OECD area." "The shakier outlook in 2019 reflects deteriorating prospects, principally ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... rinse, repeat at the next down day. Wall Street up... easing trade tensions, good news on Brexit and Italy, China policy stimulus, a gentler Fed. This brings me back to the up on Wall Street on the last day of trading activity in New York last week which ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... three risks to Fed's growth outlook in the coming year - slowing overseas growth, fading effects of the US fiscal stimulus and the lagged effects of the Fed's previous rate hikes. Latest indicators from the major economies of China, the Eurozone ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... absolutely nothing about the basis for those reports." The BOJ was under his stewardship when it rolled out one policy stimulus after another to try and get to that elusive 2% inflation. There was quantitative easing in 2013 and expanded in 2014, QE ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... continued expansion in the global economy, it has shifted the risk to global growth from the withdrawal of some monetary stimulus by a number of central ("and further steps in this direction are expected") to "the direction of international trade policy ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... US$105.84 on that day and had been partially reversed when Kuroda emphasised that the BOJ will continue with monetary policy stimulus until it achieves its 2% inflation target. At the end of the day, Japan doesn't want to fight a trade war while it's ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... with a noticeable impact on growth in economies with large exports. In addition, the US tax reform and associated fiscal stimulus are expected to temporarily raise US growth, with favourable demand spillovers for US trading partners - especially Canada ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... Here's the clincher. "In fact, the evolution of inflation remains crucially conditional on an ample degree of monetary stimulus provided by the full set of our monetary policy measures: our net asset purchases, the sizeable stock of acquired assets and ...