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Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... quarter Some publications put the shocking drop in retail spending as due to the record 35-day US government shutdown. But nah. The Census Bureau itself reported that, "Data collection and processing were delayed for this indicator release due to the ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... changes. The global economy is expected to maintain near-term momentum, but some risks and challenges loom in the medium term." Nah, I'm not ranting to bury the IMF. Its forecasts are based on the latest available information at hand when it gazed ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!" Nah, the Fed's not even considering it, it's a done deal! Based on the latest CME FedWatch Tool, it's in the bag ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... unpredictability, I'll pass on this for Trump can always change his mind. Scratch that, Trump always changes his mind. So nah. The other good news for moi is the one that showed US inflation remains contained. The latest update shows that headline ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... US president has allowed me to take a fresh look at the US non-farm payrolls report released over the weekend. It was good. Nah, it was excellent, the stuff of every central bank's dream. US non-farm payrolls increased by a significantly more than ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... a record low 1.5% since August 2016 - one month before he assumed office as RBA head on September 18 of the same year. But nah, Lowe is a highly educated and honourable man. The rationales he put forward are all rational. The RBA governor underscored ...

Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... lower prices - inflation slowed from 1.8% year on year in December 2017 to 1.5% last month - the slowest since July 2017. But nah. Looking at the money and credit stats from a historical perspective, the economy is not going to the dogs. Money and lending ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... policy stance towards greater accommodation by now. Perhaps the better paid public sector could offer a helping hand? But nah, the government and government policy is in limbo until it settles the issue of who will be the next dual citizen in the Parliament ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... its moderate recovery as a trend as the virtuous cycle among production, income, and spending would continue to operate." Nah, this isn't from the recent statement, this was from the minutes of the meeting... of 21-22 January 2014. We now know what happened ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...