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Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... limit mixing outdoors and discourage use of public transport. "Meanwhile, Spain's Catalonia shut bars and restaurants. Italy did the same for many regions and strengthened existing social distancing and face covering rules. The Netherlands entered ...

Cromwell makes Italian acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... announced an off-market acquisition of Centro Logistico Orlando Marconi (CLOM), an intermodal logistics park located in Italy, for the Cromwell European REIT (CEREIT). Cromwell said the park contains net lettable area totalling 156,888 sqm and is located ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... response to mo' infections in the region's member countries - particularly the bigger ones like Germany, Spain and Italy - and the subsequent re-imposition and/or tightening of restrictions there. As ECB president Christine Lagarde intimated ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... date have risen by 644% in France since the end of June; by 320% in Spain; 224% in the UK; 139% in Germany; and, 135% in Italy. No prizes for guessing but the consequent tightening of restrictions would -- just as they have in the first wave - freeze ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
It won't be long now till we again hear "balcony concertos" - the ones started in Italy back in March this year (and gone viral on cyberspace) when the government imposed a hard lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic - for infections in Europe ...

Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... in the coming days, analysts said." France reported 10,569 new cases Sunday while the UK, reported almost 4000 new cases. Italy saw close to 1000 new infections and Germany reported 1345 new cases Sunday, and a further 922 cases Monday. Recall that many ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... cases since April 26." "Spain continued to record the highest rate of cases in the region with Madrid, the biggest hotspot. Italy has also seen a pickup in new cases, albeit more contained than elsewhere. "It is a similar picture for the UK, with government ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... agreed to agree. Recall the fiscal funding disputes between "austere" countries, led by Germany, and the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain) during the European sovereign debt crisis seven years before....it's the emerging fiscal union of the European ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
In Fist of Fury, it is a sign stating "No dogs or Chinese" that draws the ire of the legendary Bruce Lee. But Australians are not seeing Victorians punching, kicking and screaming when the nation's five states and two territories put up the "No ...