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Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... putting downward pressure on their domestic economic growth and inflation. "The members discussed the recent slower domestic GDP growth and the impact of slowing global demand on New Zealand through the trade, financial and confidence channels. The members ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... spending spent inside the US of A instead of leaking to other countries through purchases of imported products and services. US GDP growth of 4%-6% here America comes! Yippee-kay-yay! Trump's promise made, Trump's promise delivered. This state ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... deviations of inflation (1.4% average of trimmed mean and weighted median in the March quarter) from target (mid-point of 2%-3%), GDP growth (1.8%% in Q1 2019) from potential (3%) and the neutral cash rate of 1.5% then, the nominal official cash rate ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... quality - China has a bigger Trump to fry and a "social" obligation to prevent its economy from slowing below this year's GDP targeted growth of 6.0-6.5%. Infrastructure equals steel equals iron ore. Even before this ruling, China's steel mills ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... interest rates by 1/4 of a percentage point will materially shift the path we look to be on. The most recent data - including the GDP and labour market data - do not suggest we are making any inroads into the economy's spare capacity. Given this ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... economic conditions... The whole range of instruments is on the table." The ECB has every reason to be concerned. Euro area GDP growth has remained at a six-year low of 1.2% in the year to the March quarter after - down sharply from the 2.8% year-on-year ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... were conditioned on a path for Bank Rate that rose to around 1% by the end of the forecast period." In those projections, GDP growth was a little below potential during 2019 as a whole, reflecting subdued global growth and ongoing Brexit uncertainties. ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... headline numbers are worth writing home to mother about, the details provide for sobering reading. The upward adjustment in GDP growth was mainly due to a 0.4 percentage point contribution from net exports. Great! Except that a look at Japan's National ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... until this weekend's A$ drubbing. Just think about the boost a cheaper currency brings to our exports - more than 20% of GDP - despite the overhanging trade war. The free-floating A$ is now responding and doing what it does best - restore equilibrium ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... also lead future global economic expansion. The International Monetary Fund predicts these economies will achieve average GDP growth of almost 5% per annum over the medium term, a result that advanced economies will not match." "This faster growth in ...