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Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... the powers that be in Beijing have controlled the currency's exchange rate for fear of being officially branded by America as a "currency manipulator" and/or capital outflows that could lead to increased selling pressure on the yuan. But as we learned ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... Donald J. Trump. POTUS is really upping up the ante in his war with the rest of the world in his quest to make "America Great Again" and perhaps, secure a second term at the Oval Office. Reminds me of George W. and the Bushisms that flourished under ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... with the rest of the world. But the immediate implication of higher retaliatory tariffs would be to lift inflation in America as businesses pass on their higher costs onwards onto Mr. & Mrs. Smith. This, at least for now, isn't happening. Prices ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... resumption of US-China trade hostilities provide further proof that instead of Trump's tariffs "Making America Great Again", they're wounding it. It's also hurting US companies operating in China. "SCMP noted new survey by American Chamber ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... 70% of the world economy... It reflects negative revisions for several major economies including the euro area, Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia". No surprises but the IMF nominated the US-China trade tensions ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... 2006, the Fed did not stop raising interest rates until July of the same year that again proved too late to staunch the great recession of 2008. The year before, then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan called it the "interest rate conundrum" - a state where ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... period." No one, including the IMF, countenanced that Trump would follow through on his campaign pledge to "Make America Great Again" by starting a trade war with the world in late March 2018. The impact of which is clearly shown in the IMF's forecast ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... on negative headlines... day in and day out. The chart of the JP Morgan Global PMI picture above is instructive in that a great portion of the slowdown in global growth is due to the significant downtrend in the manufacturing sector - one that's ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... wherefores for the bounce. However, the main game remains Trump and the Fed. The more Trump tries to "Make America Great Again", the more the Fed becomes determined to reduce/remove policy accommodation. Trump's tax cuts and infrastructure spend ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... equity markets (including Wall Street) show that Trump's "beggar thy neighbour" policy could be starting to also beggar America. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...