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Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... "economic experts" were seeing the same thing last year - 12 full months of wines and roses. 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 ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Curtin - has laid it out clearly and succinctly: "Consumer sentiment declined in early January to its lowest level since Trump was elected. The decline was primarily focused on prospects for the domestic economy, with the year-ahead outlook for the national ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Retail investors predict the trajectory of the local share market will be flat in 2019, but expect to be rewarded with modest returns, Investment Trends' latest survey shows. The 2195 investors canvassed in the monthly Investor Intentions Index ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... pulling down activity in the services industry. We all know the why's and wherefores of this and its name is "Tariff Trump". US President Donald Trump's declaration of the 25/10 tariff on steel/aluminium on 1 March 2018 set the wheels of global ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... bells that something must be wrong with the US and/or it has sacrificed its independence and kowtowed to President Donald Trump. But financial markets cannot have their cake and eat it too. The Fed disappointed expectations for only a single rate hike ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... would raise questions about the Fed's optimism over the outlook for US economy and doubts over its independence from Trump should Chairman Powell and his merry people announce a halt in proceedings. But Trump couldn't argue against (oh but he ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... regards to the US-China trade war but, given Trump's state of mind and his unpredictability, I'll pass on this for Trump can always change his mind. Scratch that, Trump always changes his mind. So nah. The other good news for moi is the one that ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... strategies from the world's major economies, led by the Fed's on-going move towards policy normalisation. Then "Tariff Trump" happened, China slowed, Japan lurched a quarter away from recession, Eurozone's economic activity lost momentum ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
With one tweet, US President Donald Trump reversed all of Wall Street's gains... and then some. "....I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... that although global growth is continuing - and the latest US-China trade war got a stay of execution over the weekend (Trump will hold off from raising the 10% tariff on Chinese exports to 25% on 1 January 2019, provided a comprehensive deal is reached ...