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J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... announcements, but it warns risks remain elevated. Last week, US President Donald Trump substantially lowered tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%. China, on the other hand, reduced its tariffs on US imports to 10% from 125% Rob Stewart, the head ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... developments in the global economy have deteriorated since the April board meeting despite some better news on US and Chinese trade policy earlier this week. "Notwithstanding, at this juncture we think the board will continue to put more weight on the ...

US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... States and China have agreed to a temporary easing of trade tensions for a 90-day period. The move will see US tariffs on Chinese imports drop from 145% to 30%, while China will cut duties on American goods from 125% to 10%. While welcome news for investors ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Evans predicts that the economic risk "that could really, really hurt us" will flow from a potential major slowdown of the Chinese economy associated with the tariff war. It will depend on the extent to which China can quickly develop its domestic consumption ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... opportunities are emerging elsewhere. "We've seen over recent years, the rise of markets like India. This year, a rebound in Chinese stocks, perhaps driven by policy actions and optimism about DeepSeek," he said. "In Europe, positive equity market ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... to do with hedge fund activity during the period. "There was some initial speculation that it might have even been the Chinese government selling down - they are the second biggest holders of US debt after Japan. While we can't rule that out, I actually ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... rapid growth is a result of underlying developments, as well as the 'China Plus One' strategy. The strategy allows Chinese companies to offshore their manufacturing and supply chain operations to other parts of the world to mitigate risks and ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... Australian equities and emerging market (EM) equities between 4.5% and 5%, and upped allocations to European, Japanese, and Chinese equities between 1% and 3%. While Australian bonds lost out with close to a 5% lower allocation, BlackRock leaned favourably ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... high salaries despite their funds making hefty losses during periods of market declines." According to the FTSE Russell, Chinese equities outperformed the APAC region, the US, and FTSE All-World Index in February. The rally came off the back of monetary ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... growth recovery plan, potentially leading to stronger imports, Australian growth is expected to see a lift." Wu added the Chinese market has always been isolated from external factors like US policies or global risks since US President Donald Trump's ...