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Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... derived from the flash estimates of the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys conducted for the US, the Eurozone, the UK and Japan. The PMI is based on monthly surveys of carefully selected companies, using the same methodology in all ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
It's not what the European Central Bank (ECB) did at its March governing council meeting - keeping monetary policy settings unchanged - but its PEPP (pandemic emergency purchase programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... with the US' -3.5%. It's not only against the US but the Australian economy has receded less than its peers. Eurozone GDP dropped by 6.8% in 2020; the UK by 9.9% and Japan by 4.8%. Not only has the domestic economy shrunk by less but the OECD ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
"Getting strong now, won't be long now, getting strong now Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly..." -Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now As sure as this theme from the 1977 classic Rocky is remembered by film buffs and boxing aficionados everywhere ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
It's beginning to look a lot like the Eurozone economy wouldn't be able to dodge a double-dip recession given tighter and/or extended coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns remain in place in many of its member countries. Eurozone GDP fell into ...

Pension fund members incur post-Brexit fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... UNJSPF has long routed all pension payments to retirees and beneficiaries who receive them into bank accounts in the Eurozone via JP Morgan Chase's London branch, its own bank. Despite the UK leaving the EU, no fees were anticipated from Eurozone banks ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The longer the Eurozone takes to get on top of the resurgence, the longer the lockdowns, the greater the risk of a double-dip recession. COVID-19 infections in Europe started re-appearing and multiplying sometime around October last year. The growth ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... February 2019 for all future TLTRO III operations, starting from the March 2021 operation". That's mo' money for the Eurozone but this was in response to mo' infections in the region's member countries - particularly the bigger ones like ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... activity in 2021, giving the next occupant of the White House a better starting point. The letter W. The IHS/Markit flash Eurozone PMI for October confirmed current concerns over the second wave in the region and the consequent re-imposition of restrictions ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... particular have been hit by intensifying virus concerns". At its September meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) forecast Eurozone GDP contracting by 8% in 2020 - better than the 8.7% slump predicted in June. Growth projections for the year 2021 and ...