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Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... around the world have nominated "trade tensions" as one of the biggest risks to the growth outlook in their respective economies. Easing trade tensions, particularly between the world's two economic behemoths - the US and China - would underpin growth ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... depends on the outlook for the global economy and on Trump's war on trade and the Fed. After all, like most open economies, the Eurozone doesn't operate in a vacuum. There's no denying that Samranvedhya's rational holds... but so does ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... Brazil may have to kowtow to Trump despite their currency depreciation being a result of the economic crises in their economies and not currency manipulation but China and France have the firepower to engage the Grinch who is stealing Christmas. The ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... growth looks set to be significantly weaker than projected, co-ordinated policy action within and across all the major economies would provide the most effective and timely counterweight." Downside risks are sure to materialise given Trump's continuing ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... players, the Senator said it was a natural evolution of the industry. "As I said, there are great advantages from the economies of scale that you can see from these fund mergers. Certainly there's a sort of technological imperative to doing so, as well ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... decline in the services sector. The improvement in the manufacturing sector can be observed in the world's biggest economies, except for Japan (which continues to decline). But as Markit Economics/Jibun Bank acknowledged in its Japan PMI report ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... "foreseeable future" while the International Monetary Fund expects that Asia will outsize the combined might of all advanced economies by 2023. While emerging markets have typically underperformed compared to their developed counterparts, Doyle said ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... uncertainty surrounding trade and geopolitics; idiosyncratic factors causing macroeconomic strain in several emerging market economies; and structural factors, such as low productivity growth and aging demographics in advanced economies," IMF said. This ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... the EPO licence allows the funds flexibility to continue to grow. An EPO model means participating funds can achieve economies of scale in administration and investments, without loss of brand identity or control of relationships with members, employers ...

One in three chance of global recession: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... 3% over the next 18 months. "That would represent the weakest sustained period for over a decade. We expect all major economies to be growing below potential in 2020, with unemployment likely to rise modestly and wage and inflation pressures set to remain ...