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Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... worst performer out of 24 countries for the second consecutive year." This is before stabilising in 2020 due to above-trend GDP growth and increased net immigration. Those of us in the forecasting (guessing) business could only infer that Fitch's ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... But I digress. Despite the uncertainty borne of Brexit, the UK economy largely remains resilient since the referendum. UK GDP growth has slowed only slightly from 1.7% in the year to the June quarter of 2016 to 1.5% in the September quarter of 2018 (latest ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... and eco stats suggest that Japan's economy would rebound from the 2.5% (annualised quarterly growth rate) contraction in GDP recorded in the September quarter of last year. For one, the BOJ's quarterly regional economic survey showed all nine ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... argues this will see economic growth drop from 3% in 2018 to 2.5% in the 2019/20 period, positioning the deficit at 0.1% of GDP. Fitch's report also said the Federal Government will counter economic fatigue through increased federal expenditure. ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... hitting an 18-month low last November. Not good tidings for an economy that's already losing momentum. Not only has Eurozone GDP growth slowed to 1.6% in the third quarter of last year - the fourth straight quarter of slowdown - but forward indicators ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... labor market conditions continuing to strengthen, and inflation near the Committee's objective". No problems here. US GDP expanded by 3.0% in the year to the third quarter of 2018, up from 2.9% in the previous quarter and the fastest growth rate ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... especially as new President Jair Bolsonaro begins in January and will deliver reforms that begin to change the direction of GDP in the longer term from a low level. If the reform story works, it can only benefit the wide EM landscape. The 2019 Financial ...

Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... has been a "tremendous fillip" for Raiz as it pushes into the Indonesian market that's becoming increasingly affluent as GDP and population growth continues, he said. The mutual funds for Indonesia will be managed by a local entity and Raiz is in ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... but the ECB staff's downward revision to its macroeconomic projections raised a question mark. The ECB staff lowered its GDP growth forecasts to 1.9% (from 2.0% predicted in September) this year and 1.7% this year and in 2020 (from 1.8% and 1.7% ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... quarter away from recession, Eurozone's economic activity lost momentum underscored by the contraction in German and Italian GDP in the third quarter - replaced by increased activity with regards to Italy's budget and the riots in France (that ...