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Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... CNY2.9 trillion in January, a five-fold increase from the CNY584.4 billion recorded in December 2017. The details reveal sharp increases in both corporate lending - up to CNY1.78 trillion from CNY243.2 billion in December - and household loans - up to ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... rates more aggressively. They said that "rising global bond yields have arguably been the underlying driver." "Nevertheless, sharp equity market outflows have not yet translated into dramatic or broad-based price adjustments and there have been pockets ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Say what? That'll be any rational investor's reaction when you tell him about Wall Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
While none expected a change in monetary policy, not a few anticipated ECB president Mario Draghi to deliver a less dovish message (at the very least) after the European Central Bank's first governing council meeting for 2018. Perhaps, the underlying ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." Jean-Baptiste Aphonse Karr's immortal epigram - translated as "the more things change, the more they stay the same" - best describes the goings-on over the past 24 hours. There were no surprises at the Fed's ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
A number of market moving events and economic releases are scheduled for this week - ones that could either preserve or disrupt the status quo. In America, President Donald Trump will deliver his 'State of the Union' address and the Fed meets for the ...

Commonwealth Bank appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... believe we can achieve the right balance in meeting the expectations of customers, shareholders and the community, with a sharp focus on our core purpose... By virtue of the position CBA holds in the community we need to equally demonstrate the highest ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... expanding their stimulus measures in order to cheapen their respective currencies versus the US dollar. It was the US dollar's sharp appreciation since early 2016 that underwrote the synchronised global growth upswing that we're witnessing now. A prolonged ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... in October and 1.6% in September. But hold your horses. The ABS' media release explains the whys and wherefores for the sharp resurgence in retail spending, "Black Friday and iPhone X sales drive 1.2 per cent rise". "In seasonally adjusted terms, rises ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... that "the actual increase was only around 58 trillion last year" - less than the written promise of ¥80 trillion - the sharp improvement in Japan's economic fundamentals over the past few months give more merit to this renewed bout of taper thoughts. ...