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Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - 0.5% on January 15 and 0.5% on January 25 - that is estimated to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity into the economy. This was followed by fiscal easing measures - budget deficit target raised ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - 0.5% on 15 January and 0.5% on 25 January - that is estimated to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity into the economy. This was followed by fiscal easing measures - budget deficit target raised ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - 0.5% on 15 January and 0.5% on 25 January - estimated to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity. The recent turnaround in China justified my conclusion back in March that, "China's latest ...

Saxo launches digital access to Chinese bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... enables access via a simple 'click to trade' functionality. Investors will have access to 127 bonds with CNH (offshore Chinese yuan) as the settlement currency. "With options to invest in, for example Chinese onshore government bonds and central bank ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... Investors anticipate losses as pessimism and selling increases." (Investopedia) As a consequence of the US discussions, the yuan appreciated versus the greenback - up from CNY6.7131 per US$1 last Friday to a seven-month high of CNY6.6738, before closing ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - 0.5% on January 15 and 0.5% on January 25 - and estimates to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity, as well as, boosting counter-cyclical policies such as tax cuts, fee reductions and further ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Center. "According to the draft plan, expenditures on children's education could be deducted at a fixed standard of 12,000 yuan ($1,732) a year, or 1000 yuan per month. Expenses on re-education could be deducted at 3600 yuan or 4800 yuan a year. ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... slowing in the coming months. More worrying are the sharp declines in the Chinese currency and the stockmarket. The Chinese yuan has lost 6.1% of its value against the US dollar this year to date and its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled by 2.4% ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... worrying as it comes against a backdrop of a depreciating currency. Currently trading at around CNY6.92/US$1, the Chinese yuan has fallen by 5.9% against the US dollar since the start of the year and by 9.5% from this year's peak of CNY6.26/US$1 ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. At any other given day, investors would have dismissed this as one of those occasions of ...