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Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... blinking. To be sure, the prospect of an escalating trade war between the world's number-one and number-two biggest economies in the world is enough to get many investors quivering in their socks. Add volatility and the uncertainty of what Trump will ...

Two industry funds merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... proposed merger is set to strengthen the funds' position into the future, secure members' benefits and deliver improved economies of scale. "Our members' interests are at the core of this alliance, which represents the continued growth and improved ability ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... especially, central bankers, everywhere, as to how to react and mitigate the uncertainty that is Trump on their respective economies. Case in point: the European Central Bank. Speaking before the Watchers XIX Conference on the 14 March - before Trump's ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... expected to be sustained over the next couple of years-and even accelerate somewhat in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) thanks to a rebound in commodity exporters," the report said. The IMF's "World Economic Outlook Update" (released ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... Australia (RBA), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) were released last week. Despite their economies operating at different points in the economic cycle, the central banks' forward guidance is similar - that strengthening ...

Premium China creates chief executive role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... personally benefitted from backing the future growth of Asia, and it is impossible to ignore how material emerging Asian economies and markets are in the global landscape," Harding-Davis said.

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... developments) but it'll be up to Powell's Fed to ensure that "future adjustments" don't bring the US economy and global economies back to the days of QE dependency, beggar-thy-neighbour polices and other non-conventional policy measures. If I'm forced ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... returns experienced in 2017. Speaking at this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Baur said global economies were returning to normal, which in turn signals that interest rates are also returning to normal levels. Inflation and low interest ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... include: the synchronised global upswing which are prompting investors to reduce their allocations to the US and into other economies; shifting monetary policy expectations in Japan and the Eurozone (although still denied by officials) as against the ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... levels following spikes in 2016. However the 2017 decline was "tempered by an 11% growth in flows to other developed economies, principally Australia." UNCTAD investment division director James Zhan said the decline of global FDI flows is in stark contrast ...