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Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... emerging markets, prompting their respective central banks to lift interest rates but in so doing also choke economic growth. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... and Spain have debt exposure to Turkey. The deeper the Turkish lira dives, the less it's able to repay these debts. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... surge in inflation. The New Zealand dollar is now trading at US$0.6595, down another 0.14% from when I started this piece. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Australians, all, there's now 25 million of us... and counting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's population reached 25 million shortly after 11pm AEST on August 7. According to the report, population has ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... the best move is to do nothing. Or to paraphrase Ronan Keating's song, you do it best when you do nothing at all. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... picks up lest it exacerbates the financial stress on households. The RBA knows this, it has said so many, many times. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... including in the public sector." Not totally a bad thing for it'll allow the BOE to go gently on subsequent rate hikes. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... the survey signaled a weakening manufacturing trend as a grim export market dragged on the sector's performance." Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... off exit speculations by removing the timing of when it expects to reach its inflation target only a few months before. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... softer growth, would further impede economic growth and put downward pressure on inflation... however, it is measured. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset allocation ...