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Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... re-imposition of social distancing and lockdown measures. Latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the CBA-Markit Economics surveys underscore the disastrous impact of restrictions has had on the Australian economy. The ABS reports ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... translates to an annualised rate of minus 14.4% and minus 3.3% year-on-year. The drop in the flash estimate of the IHS/Markit Eurozone composite PMI to an all-time low of 13.5 in April from 29.7 in March suggests that the second quarter is off to a bad ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... solitary confinement - worse than being imprisoned is being imprisoned alone. But enough social yada, yada, yadas. The latest Markit Economics PMI surveys reveal the extent of the impact social restrictions and lockdowns is having on economic activity ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... for longer. The impact on economic activity is just as bad as the cases of infection and deaths in the country. The IHS Markit/ CIPS Flash UK Composite PMI dropped to an all-time low reading of 12.9 in April, with the services sector plunging to a record ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... confidence dropped by five points - the largest on record - to -11.6 in March from -6.6 in the previous month. The IHS/Markit Eurozone composite index dove to an all-time low of 29.7 in March from 51.4 in February, paced by the near halving of the services ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
Wall Street and most other equity markets welcomed reports that the White House and the US Senate have finally reached a deal to unleash a stimulus package worth around US$2 trillion. "Highlights include: $250B in direct payments to Americans; $367B ...

Chief economist update: The cheaper alternative

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... functioning of the general economic activity. Just like the UK, Australian economic activity will slow as shown by the latest UK Markit/CIPS figures - composite PMI down to a reading of 37.1 in March from 53.0 in February; manufacturing down to 48.0 ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Australia's 28-year run of growth sans recession will come to an end has increased. Just have a look at the sharp dive the latest Markit Economics JP Morgan Global PMI has taken in February. Sorry, but that's all the data I have available on ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... would certainly reverse the budding improvement in the Eurozone economy. Just before the virus broke out in Europe, IHS Markit reported that the Eurozone Composite PMI increased to 51.6 in February 2020 from 51.3 in the previous month -- beating market ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... investment advice were advising to overweight Eurozone equities. The forward view (back then) was also better with the Markit Eurozone composite PMI index for December 2017 surging to its highest reading since February 2011 According to IHS/Markit (at ...