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Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... battle and adds to the list of challenges the world faces. One that's voiced out by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde: "There is that concern about trade...rhetoric and tariffs... the "uncertainty over how this is going to be resolved, which ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... come 1 October 2016. Anti-climax because the IMF's official announcement was rendered moot after IMF head honha Christine Lagarde told all and sundry on 13 November that she supported her staff's recommendation for the yuan's inclusion. The Chinese yuan's ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... didn't, she would have been damned now if she did. "Perhaps Janet Yellen has heard us," as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde French journal 'Les Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... that, over time, is eating away at growth in its economy. They better act soon for just as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told French journal 'Les Echos', "World GDP [growth] at 3.3% this year is not realistic anymore... A forecast of 3.8% for ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... funds rate target." Choowareewareewa! Yes, this year! The year 2015! She's not taking that other lady's - IMF's Madame Lagarde - advice to hold off until after the New Year because, look, Christine's organisation has just downgraded the US growth outlook ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... subsequently, spending and employment. Hey wait! I just noticed, I'm now beginning to sound like Christine. IMF head Christine Lagarde, that is. Earlier this month, my feminine side cautioned the Fed to postpone lift-off till next year because... "higher ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... vital bailout cash for Athens was drawing "dangerously close". That came as International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said progress in negotiations with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent swipe at Greek officials. Low said ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... decision that was coming anyway. EU sources say the Greeks cannot meet a fresh deadline for a,-750m next week". "Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, was caught off guard by the move", at the same time confirming that it Greece has notified ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Capital. The IMF cut its US growth projection to 2.5 per cent from the prior forecast of 3.1 per cent. IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate hike in 2015, saying growth conditions are not yet firm enough for ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... and I think this is about Greece," said Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global Capital. "The fact that (IMF chief Christine) Lagarde yesterday indicated that there is the potential for Greece leaving the eurozone, that's on the mind on investors and ahead ...