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Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... 3.2% this year to 23 March; the All Ords index is 3.9% lower; the Nikkei-225 index is down 9.4%; the Shanghai composite index has lost 4.7%; the FTSE-100 index has dropped 10% and the Stoxx-50 is 5.9% cheaper. This made sense because as I typed in this ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... appreciation in 2017. Just as expected the rest of the world caught a cold, topped by the 9.6% drop in the Shanghai Composite index that week with the Jakarta Composite index suffering the least, down 1.9%. However, accounting for year-to-date performances ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... week. Even the S&P/ASX 200 index closed a mere 0.06% weaker on the 24th of November - the day when the Shanghai composite index fell by 2.3% and the blue chip CSI 300 index plunged by 3.0%. According to CNBC, this is because "Chinese firms have been ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... that, the disappointing set of China growth stats did little to the country's financial markets. The Shanghai Composite index and the yuan/$US exchange rate dipped by 0.4% on the day the data were released (but these could also be due to the renewed ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... nor the Nikkei225's 4.4% appreciation (despite its continuing battle with very low inflation); nor the Shanghai composite index's 5.1% increase (despite the PBOC's liquidity tightening and de-leveraging actions). For the explanation, we don't have to ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... while the offshore yuan exchange rate has gained 2.4, with both trading at CNY6.80 to US$1. Likewise, the Shanghai composite index has risen by 3.3% since the start of 2017 - relatively a small gain compared with the performance of other equity markets ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... business, investor and household confidence. But nah! China's financial markets didn't give it two hoots. The Shanghai Composite index went up by 0.1% on the day of the announcement and by 1.4% the next day. The SSE B shares index - those that can be ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... or higher if possible" this year. The stock and currency markets were unimpressed (unconvinced?). The Shanghai Composite index added another 0.1% to the 1.1% lost in the week prior to the unveiling of China's economic blueprint while the yuan depreciated ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... to happen. More so as it was in the third quarter when the stock market began tumbling (in July) - the Shanghai Composite Index dropped by 45.9% from peak to trough - and China devalued the yuan (in August) - triggering fears that the move was borne ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... the day "China's stocks rallied to the highest level in seven weeks and turnover jumped..."... when the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 3.3% and trading volumes reached their highest level in a month "amid speculation the government will take more steps ...