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Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... rise in leverage. The importance the authorities attach to maintaining robust growth will result in sustained policy stimulus, given the growing structural impediments to achieving current growth targets. Such stimulus will contribute to rising debt ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... the overall equity market rally post-Trump, Engel said this could largely be attributed to the President's promises for stimulus spending, deregulation and tax reform. "While these policies have yet to be detailed, once they are, the administration has ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... global economy would grow from 3.1% in 2016 to 3.4% this year and 3.6% "based on the assumption some near-term fiscal stimulus [in the US]..." and stressed that, "global activity could accelerate more strongly if policy stimulus turns out to be larger ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Trump-promised policy's approval but the fact remains that the US economy have been improving sans the promised fiscal stimulus, sans the restructuring, sans the tax cuts, being implemented. It's been goose by optimism over Trump's reflationary agenda ...

DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... underweight stocks benefiting from lower interest rates, are overexposed to companies that benefit from infrastructure stimulus, and remain invested in quality companies with pricing power," DNR Capital chief investment officer Jamie Nicol said. The ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... most of 2017, institutional investors will need to be across market fragmentation, the shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus, capital abundance and long-term structural change. Global consultant Mercer says these themes all present risks and opportunities ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... strategist at Newton Investment Management. "But the reality is that very little of Trump's proposed tax reforms, fiscal stimulus or other potential policies will be enacted before the fourth quarter of 2017, at the very earliest," he said. In short ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... considerably in late 2018. In China, faster nominal growth, higher profits, an easy flow of credit, and further fiscal stimulus will support the economy even if growth edges below the 6.5% target. Baur said solid Eurozone business surveys suggest the ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... the imposition of tougher restrictions on illegal immigrations, is a cause of concern for investors. "Any large fiscal stimulus by a Trump administration at a time when the US economy is already running near-full employment would likely aggravate inflationary ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... environment ever since the financial crisis: extrapolation ruled," Baur said in his latest economic insight. "Putting fiscal stimulus on top of already healthier growth expectations changed the narrative. The new version includes more inflation, faster ...