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Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... bones but words will never hurt me". But not for Mexico, it appears, especially when the words come from POTUS. US President Trump's rhetoric about "building a wall along the US-Mexican border"...and making Mexico pay for that wall is hurting the country ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... euro. However, this would also strengthen calls for "tapering" from the ECB. More worrying, this would strengthen President Trump's disquiet about the "too strong" US dollar. Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro has reportedly taken aim at the euro recently ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
It may be difficult to swallow latest survey data but President Trump's reflationary agenda has brought out the animal - animal spirits that is - among US manufacturers. This is the indication from the just-released Markit Flash US Manufacturing PMI. ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. Not only that, his fingers are now on the "nuclear codes" too. Recall now ex-President Obama's warning two days before ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Are you ready to say 'President Trump' out loud? Like him or loathe him, investors are eager to meet the president behind the publicity hound. Their savings depend on it. On the eve of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, many ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... the December quarter from plus 6 in the previous three quarters. Still, this is clouded by the uncertainty over President Trump's trade policies. More so, given his latest rhetoric on cross-border tax - i.e. export earnings tax free but imports taxed ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... outrageous sexist and racist and xenophobic remarks - Trump was trying to sabotage citizen Trump from becoming US President Trump. But like him or loath him, the world has to deal with now President-elect and soon President Trump, including Australia. ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... sheet or its planning capacity to do infrastructure spending." So did the G-20, so did the OECD, so did the IMF. President Trump will be giving them what they were asking for, that is, fiscal accommodation via higher government spending on infrastructure ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... piece in The Guardian particularly insightful. Here's the link. What's more important now is to discern where President Trump takes the USA and the world. So far, not good. The overriding prognosis is for "gloom and doom". That's what the "experts" predict. ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... nominee? Brexit happened! Cameron's government won outright majority! And Donald is just two days away from becoming President Trump (maybe?). Remember Murphy's Law - if anything could go wrong, it will. While it still looks like a coin toss two-days ...