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Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... PMI to 44.5 (from 49.2), which had been in contraction territory for the 14th straight month. This year to date, the Euro Stoxx-50 has dropped by 28.9%, giving up all its 2019 gains (24.8%), and then some. While the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... the year but it was on this day that markets had their first big fall - the S&P 500 index dropped by 7.6% on that day; the Stoxx 600 index plunged by 7.1%; the Nikkei-225 index went down by 5.1% and the Shanghai composite index by 3.0%; and, the S&P/ASX ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Beijing's benchmark index remains 8.6% down this year to date but it's outperformed the S&P 500 (-26.1%), the Euro Stoxx-50 (-31.0%), the FTSE-100 (-31.7%), the Nikkei-225 (-28.1%), the All Ords (-25.6%).

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... sending equity markets from London to Rio and ol' London town dropping: The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped by 2.3%; the Euro Stoxx-50 index lost 4%; the FTSE-100 index went down by 3.3%; and the S&P 500 index lost 3.4%. Yes Virginia, you'll fear for ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... 2.7%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng dropping 1.1%, and Japan's Nikkei falling 2%. Meanwhile in Europe, the composite European Stoxx 600 fell 1.7% at the open, while London's FTSE 100 dropped 1.6%, and Germany's Dax suffered a 1.7% blow. US benchmarks ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... lag. Already, the euro has depreciated by 1.2% versus the greenback since the ECB's 12 September decision and the Euro Stoxx-50 index has advanced by 0.9%. Patience, oh super one, patience.

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... the S&P 500 index hit an intraday all-time high on August 20, it's returned only 17.5% over the same period. The Euro Stoxx-50 index is up 15.8%; the FTSE-100 gained 10% and the Nikkei-225 index rose by a mere 6.2%. Aside from the optimism brought ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... selling, equity markets are still up this year to date. The S&P 500 remains 14.5% higher since the start of 2019; the Euro Stoxx-50 is up 11.6%; the FTSE-100 is 7.1% higher; the Nikkei-225's 6.9% in the black; the S&P/ASX 200 index is still 11.8% ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... purchases), if it persists, would negate the BOJ's efforts towards boosting growth and inflation in the economy. And the Euro Stoxx-50 index lost 1.1%. As for Wall Street, the S&P 500 index dropped by as much as 1.6% overnight before closing 0.5% ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... equity and bond markets on the up and up. I wrote at the time that: "The S&P 500 index is up 12.6% this year to date; the Stoxx-50 index is up 12.8%; the All Ords is up 9.7%; the FTSE-100 is up 7.4%; the Nikkei-225 is up 7.2% and China's Shanghai ...