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Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... the public and the U.S. Congress", not the president of the day. This sharply contrasts with the People's Republic of China, highlighting the advantage of a dictatorial regime (which Trump dreams of) to that of a democratic one in times of crises. ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... Factset: "Some factors cited for today's bounceback include oversold conditions, recent positive developments around US and China trade, China's plan to boost income, potential German fiscal policy stimulus, US economic data holding up despite ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... Kabrita. Blue Orca research discovered discrepancies between the way Kabrita is marketed in Europe and the US compared to in China. "Kabrita falsely claims in its leading Chinese e-commerce stores that the lactose in its goat milk infant formula comes ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... if it were, central banks are running low on bullets. There's Trump's war (trade or otherwise) with everybody - China, Mexico, Iran, the EU, climate change, etc. The debilitating effect of which has now prompted Japan and South Korea to engage ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... tariffs on US imports from 25.9% to 50%. What did this produce? Other countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on US imports (as China is doing now). US imports decreased by 66% between 1929 and 1933 and its exports plunged 61%. Ouch! We all know what happened ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... UK's problem. The problem is the dent on business and consumer confidence caused by uncertainties from Brexit and US-China trade tensions.

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
How low can they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... because demand for their goods and services are weakening due to the global growth slowdown resulting from the on-going US-China trade war. While current labour market stats indicate continued strong employment growth, consumers would not want to borrow ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... that China's external position was broadly in line with fundamentals. Even by the Treasury's own formal criteria, China does not seem to be a currency manipulator." "To qualify under the Treasury's "enhanced monitoring" system, a country ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... fintech investments have been muted to $3.6 billion across 102 deals, likely driven by trade tensions between the US and China, along with uncertainty and increased regulatory scrutiny by the government, according to the report. Still, less mature areas ...