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Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... for Lending Programme (FLP) conditions. While the New Zealand central bank cited the improvement in the global economic outlook - and the attendant benefit the country gets from rising commodity export prices - and hopes that the planned Trans-Tasman ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... shown in the survey) when they're expecting improvement in their family finances over the next 12 months and their outlook on economic conditions over the next one and five years are brighter. Australia's virtuous cycle continues to roll - roiled ...

Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... released the minutes of its 11 March of meeting detailing the Governing Council's concern over the regions' growth outlook due to coronavirus mutations and the slow pace vaccinations in the continent. To wit: "...the ongoing pandemic - including ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim Outlook Forecasts" has Japan's GDP growing by 2.7% this year - up from 2.3% it forecast it December - and 1.3% in 2022 - up ...

Chief economist update: RBA promises support over the next three years

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... indicators - employment and consumer and business confidence, among others - and upgrades to the domestic economy's growth outlook by international agencies. The IMF's 'World Economic Outlook April 2021' report (released overnight) upgraded ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last month to 109.6 in March" (Conference Board). ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Activity in China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last month to 109.6 in March" (Conference Board). ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... the European Central Bank and the Bank of England - in the same month. Besides, the BOJ was waxing optimistic over the outlook for the Japanese economy. "Japan's economy has picked up as a trend, although it has remained in a severe situation due ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... is due to China's strong growth- the world's biggest importer of iron ore. In its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) handed down in December 2020, the Treasury forecast that iron ore prices will drop to US$55.0 per tonne by the end ...