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Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... less supportive of growth than they were earlier last year. Growth has slowed in some major foreign economies, particularly China and Europe. And uncertainty is elevated around several unresolved government policy issues, including Brexit and ongoing ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... his fingers to do the talking: "I am pleased to report that the US has made substantial progress in our trade talks with China on important structural issues including intellectual property protection, technology transfer, agriculture, services, currency ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has just gotten one up on me? Nah Virginia, me don't want to "kill Bill", we economists may not see eye to eye but we stick together. More so that Bill's come around to my ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... ¥108.29 in early January 2019. The yen is currently down by 0.8% this year to date but given the global slowdown (led by China), the Japanese currency has to depreciate some more to become more competitive. Not only this, the Japanese currency needs ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... region as well as broader emerging markets." I set out to investigate (fake news or not?). There's no point investigating China, we all know it's in a bear market and is still locking horns with America on trade. The second biggest loser in the ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... that if you look at credit and sovereign ratings, emerging markets balance sheets are better than they were in the past. "China and Asia are much bigger and more secure, and on the company level - debt to equity has reduced a lot," Taylor said. One of ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
"Growth rates for many of the euro area economies have been marked up, especially for Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, reflecting the stronger momentum in domestic demand and higher external demand. Growth in Spain, which has been well above potential ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
A trade deal between US and China could end the uncertainty but it won't do anything to help the trade deficit, according to Capital Group vice chairman Michael Thawley. The former Australian ambassador to the US spoke at the Financial Standard ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Add to these, the headwinds emanating from abroad - trade conflict, slowing growth in the global economy, particularly in China - Australia's biggest trading partner - and it would be easy for the RBA to justify a rate cut and soon - more so now ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
More fund managers are increasing their exposures to Chinese equities thanks to major indices that began offering China A-Shares last year. This is according Zenith's analysis of emerging market fund managers it rated, which increased their average ...