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Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... problem is remedied......at which time the Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow [ sic ]." Donald Trump tweeted this renewed call to war on Mexico on Thursday (May 30) that practically made a mockery of the US-Mexico-Canada ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... their respective currencies. With America 'relatively' doing much better than the rest of the world, US President Donald J. Trump should be gloating the US economy, under his administration, has advanced and is in a position to become the engine ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
If very, very recent history is any guide, US President Donald Trump would soon be tempering his trade war tweets versus China. Trump did so early this year - prompting financial markets and economic and business agents to expect that a trade deal is ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Once again, US President Donald Trump proved to the entire planet that the only thing predictable about him is his unpredictability. With just two tweets, POTUS reignited hostilities (and perhaps an escalation) of the US-China trade war, spooking financial ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... when we're just a handshake away from a Sino-US trade deal, another war on trade this way comes. US President Donald Trump must be wringing his hands at how he succeeded in making China kowtow - er, compromise - to his demands. Trump's now trained ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
Robert Mueller's findings that US President Donald Trump did not collude with Russia during the 2016 election campaign is good news for the global share markets, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. The majority of readers (68%) agree that ...

Australia appeals holistically to foreign investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... Financial Standard. In this week's poll, we ask: What the impact of Robert Mueller's findings on US President Donald Trump will have on the global financial markets. This fortnight's edition delves into foreign investors' appetite for ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
I wasn't aware of this, but it appears that Donald J. Trump had been letting his fingers do the talking even before he became POTUS. The "Daily Mail" re-printed the tweet he made back on 30 December 2013: ""No one remembers who came in second" - ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US President Donald Trump used his fingers to do the talking: "I am pleased to report that the US has made substantial progress in our trade talks with ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... "What we also know right now is that any deal will not fix the trade deficit that Mr Trump worries about." US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address this week pegged reducing the chronic trade deficit as one of the key points for negotiating ...