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Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... losses as pessimism and selling increases." (Investopedia) As a consequence of the US discussions, the yuan appreciated versus the greenback - up from CNY6.7131 per US$1 last Friday to a seven-month high of CNY6.6738, before closing at CNY6.6903 - as ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... economies - especially open ones - don't operate in a vacuum. The New Zealand dollar jumped by 1.6% to a one-week high versus the re-strengthening US dollar following the RBNZ's announcement - the reaction to the RBNZ's action (or in this ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... The country's benchmark equity market index dropped 12.8% in 2018 at the same time that the peso depreciated by 5.1% versus the greenback over the same period. Normally, a depreciating currency would boost equity prices. The rationale being a cheaper ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... witnesses to immediately after yesterday's RBA's shift to neutral. The Aussie dollar exchange rate is down (1.6% versus the greenback) and longer term interest rates are lower: two-year notes fell by nine basis points to 1.71%; five-years down ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... journeys will advance to the point of primary intent Blockchain Open banking Steady advance towards public cloud Cyber defence versus hacker intelligence Accelerating connected commerce Optimising digital-human interplay Increasing interactive dimensions ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... by Shanghai Shenzen CSI 300 Index) was significantly higher than the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. This was 25% per annum versus 10% per annum respectively over five years to December 2018, De Silva said.

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... earlier prediction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be forced to cut the official interest rate to 1.0% (versus its previous forecasts that it would remain steady at 1.5%) due do the accelerating decline in Australian property prices. It's ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... the picture of what Richard's talking about: US household consumption accounts for nearly 70% of America's GDP (versus exports' about 12% contribution). Sure, the continued strength in the US labour market and the boost to personal income ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... dollar will have to be reflected by strengthening in other major currencies, such as the euro. The euro's 4.5% depreciation versus the greenback last year has allowed the European Central Bank to end its asset purchase programme at the end of 2018. The ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... market remains solid, punctuated by the surprisingly stronger-than-expected 312K jump in non-farm payrolls in December (versus consensus predictions for a 180K gain). While the unemployment rate has ticked up to 3.9% from the 49-year low of 3.7% recorded ...