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Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... down 7.9% from the 2.0% forecast printed only in January," Pan said. Despite this disappointing data, US President Donald Trump remains optimistic, tweeting: "We are having very productive calls with the leaders of every sector of the economy who are ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... Bernie Sanders drops out of the Democratic nominee race, leaving a hopeful Joe Biden to face off with US President Donald Trump for the 2020 presidential election later in the year. While on the other side of the world the Chinese government ended its ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... re-boot the economy once the virus is contained," the US Labor Department said. It comes a week after US President Donald Trump signed a US$2 trillion stimulus package, the largest in the country's history. At the time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... accounting for more than 11% of the US high-yield market - catching out many investors seeking higher yields. US president Donald Trump's latest tweet has reversed proceedings: "Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... fundamentals, to suddenly and sharply decline in value." Barrack - who reportedly has a close relationship with US President Donald Trump - warned that banks, publicly-traded mortgage REITs and other non-bank lenders could find themselves in a precarious ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... world have announced their stimulus packages to cushion the economic burden. The largest, unsurprisingly, was US President Donald Trump's "go big" strategy, announcing a US$1 trillion plan with $250 billion for direct cheques to the American people. ...

Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from US President Donald Trump all triggering one of the worst days on Wall Street since 1987. While some investors appear to be optimistic that the policy ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... September and October (that took the fed funds rate from 2.25%-2.5% to 1.5%-1.75%). That was before US President Donald Trump was impeached (though later cleared) and corona became known as the virus that's currently infecting the world -- instead ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... hitting the sell panic button, investors should take this opportunity to add to their stock portfolios." This, or Donald Trump will increase the tariff on the virus entering America. But I digress. The ABS 'Labour Force, Australia' report shows ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Tehran carried out revenge attacks on the US, stoking fears of a new war in ...