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No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... picture inflation expectations terms... but that's because the US dollar hasn't risen yet this year, instead the US dollar index is down 0.9% this year to date. The Fed's interest rate hike this coming Wednesday might not provide a tailwind for the US ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... following a 0.2% dip in the previous month. This, despite the rally in the US dollar post-Trump's victory. The US dollar index gained 5.0% between 8 November 2016 and the end of December last year. Imports rose by 1.5% to US$235 billion in December - ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... instead a US dollar story. Over the same period that the yuan has strengthened, the US dollar has weakened - the US dollar index declined by 2.8%. More so, given the latest update on China's purchasing managers' indices indicating that the economy could ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... lift off. Ten-year bond yields jumped and then resumed their decline. The US dollar's reaction was the same: the US dollar index rose by 0.7% last night, almost the same magnitude as its 0.6% appreciation on the 16 December 2015 lift off (before arresting ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... with a vengeance. Wall Street continues to scale record highs since Donald's presidential election victory - the US dollar index has risen by 3.7% since the win and yields on 10-year US bonds have risen by 50 basis points over the same period to 2.36% ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... of execution on interest rates and lowered the expected path of interest rates for 2017 and 2018, sending the US dollar index down to 95.41 from 95.66 the day before. Santa Yellen's Xmas gift cheered Wall Street though -- the S&P 500 index closed 1.1% ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... indicates a 24% likelihood of a rate increase by December from 19% prior to the release of the employment report. The US dollar index rose to 96.4 from 93.7 just before the Brexit vote. Similarly, the yield on two-year US Treasury notes - the most sensitive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... The PBOC lifted the mid-point of its yuan trading band by 0.56% to 6.4589 back on 29 April 2016. At the time the US dollar index has fallen to 93.82 from 94.62 on 1 April and 98.68 at the start of the year. The PBOC lowered the fixing the following month ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... major trading partners as their economies buckle under the uncertainty of Brexit. The US dollar has risen - the US dollar index has risen by 2.1% on Brexit day - the Japanese yen strengthened versus the already appreciating US dollar and by virtue of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... been boosted by the strongest increase in export sales in two years (September 2014). A weaker US dollar -- the US dollar index is currently at 93.53, down 5.2% from this year's opening level of 98.64 - juiced up overseas sales. However, Markit noted ...