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Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... CUT would reignite the bubble in the property market and lift household debt to new record highs. Then again, you, I and Irene, will have to wait for how these new developments pan out, plug it into the Taylor Rule formula and gaze at its prescient r ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... concluded its April 30 - May 1 FOMC meeting and decided it best to do nothing but reaffirm its policy of patience, as you, I and Irene expected. "Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... based on the latest available information at hand when it gazed into its crystal ball last year. To be fair, you, I and Irene and "economic experts" were seeing the same thing last year - 12 full months of wines and roses. That time, it was "Tax cut ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our plumbing fixed. The trigger for this ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... over from the lead up to Christmas and some are still coming in seven days into 2019... better late than never. You, I and Irene certainly need well-wishes a-plenty if 2019 turns out to be anything like 2018 - where all major world equity markets produced ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment). Yes, Virginia, the unemployment rate gap has closed and very soon you, I and Irene would be able to ask (and be given, crossed fingers and toes) higher pay. But perhaps, we should hold that thought for ...

Frequent traders re-evaluate broking landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... online broker in the 12 months to May 2018. This is up from a 4% low in November 2016. Investment Trends research director Irene Guiamatsia said the frequent trader segment will continue to be a key battleground for online brokers. "Brokers that most ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... indications from the charted trend in employment growth. Yep, employment growth is on a declining trend which tells you, I and Irene to...forget asking for a pay rose from the boss man. The slowing trend in employment growth both explains the continued ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... in line with the Fed's expectations. Ergo, the three interest rate hikes this year that the Fed forward guided you, I and Irene at the start of 2018 remains on track. 'twas the same but different for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Just like the Fed, the BOJ ...