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Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... and abroad. As a result, firms also anticipate further rises in employment and investment" (IHS Markit China Business Outlook). This is in line with universal expectations for stronger growth this year - much stronger than the Politburo's target ...

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... than anticipated, and the substantial new US fiscal stimulus package should provide significant additional support to the outlook," it said. "The rates of COVID infections and hospitalisations have fallen markedly across the United Kingdom and the vaccination ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... that devastated much of southeastern Australia and the ongoing drought prompted downgrades to Australia's economic outlook and its thwart towards its seemingly assured path towards a budget surplus. Reuters ran headlines like Australian economic ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
GDP growth of over 6% for 2021. Chinese premier Li Kequiang announced this target growth rate at the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5. Many a time, China's annual economic growth ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... one's been paying heed to chair Jerome Powell's words uttered over the past weeks. Now put on paper, the Fed's outlook is just as Jay said it would be. Growth is expected to be stronger (supported by US President Joe Biden's coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... overall economic situation is expected to improve over 2021, there remains uncertainty surrounding the near-term economic outlook, relating in particular to the dynamics of the pandemic and the speed of vaccination campaign" and "Inflation has picked ...

Local fund manager expands in Asia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... would make it 51% and then 100% owner of Odyssey, as a combination of cash and AVC shares. "We have high conviction in the outlook for Asian investors' appetite for private market investments. Equally, we are excited to be working with Alex, Dan and ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Australia is once again being infected - infected with optimism, that is. We have discussed previously how the domestic economy has contracted less sharply than its peers and has rebounded stronger relative to its peer, later confirmed by the OECD 'Economic ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Despite the fairly sunny economic outlook, lower investment returns are a reality that institutional investors will have to grapple with, according to Fidelity International. Fidelity International cross asset investment specialist Anthony Doyle said ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Them and the rapid discovery of vaccines and their subsequent rollouts are now turning the beat around into an improving outlook. Individual economies have been upgrading their growth outlook since the fourth quarter of last year. The OECD's latest ...