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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 ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... ¥112.63 at the start of 2018. Who needs a cheaper yen anyway? Not with the BOJ's for continued moderate growth in overseas economies - one that's backed by the latest IMF World Economic Outlook report predicting world output to quicken to 3.9% this ...

Banks can take lead on financial inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... financial inclusiveness have a positive impact on financial institutions' bottom line, but it is also good for local economies and individuals as inclusiveness tends to smooth income trends, grow local businesses, protect against natural and man-made ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... higher from the one it made in June 2017, what is noticeable is the slowing in the GDP growth forecasts among advanced economies. The World Bank sees growth in the advanced economies as a whole slowing from 2.3% in 2017 to 2.2% next year, 1.9% in 2019 ...