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Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... sustainable growth" and "it is important to preserve some room for maneuver for more serious downturns". According to Reuters: "Carstens also said the possible short-term gain of lowering borrowing costs had to be balanced against the potential risks ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... Infrastructure equals steel equals iron ore. Even before this ruling, China's steel mills were busily lifting production. Reuters reports: "The world's top steel maker produced 89.09 million tonnes of crude steel last month [a record high], up ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... trade war with China. According to Bloomberg, Beijing has readied plans to restrict rare earth exports to America with Reuters reporting: "China's Commerce Ministry... will draft a list of foreign companies, organisations and individuals that it ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... government, one in five said they had to deal with increased inspections and slower customs clearance of their products. Reuters also highlighted concerns about slower approval for licensing and other applications." Not only that, Mr. and Mrs. Jones' ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... Britain leaving the European Union without any transition deal as uncomfortably high. "It's alarmingly high now." (Reuters). But while the BOE governor thinks there is plenty to worry about, the financial sector is not one of them. The FTSE-100 index's ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... conference to conclude NPC, Li reaffirmed capacity to use reserve requirements and interest rates to support economic growth (Reuters). Stated China's economy is facing additional downward pressure but Beijing will not let economic growth slip out ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... the economy and prices, and if we consider it necessary to achieve our price target, we'll consider easing policy." (Reuters).

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
"Despite the weaker global impetus, we expect low interest rates and government spending to support a pick-up in New Zealand's GDP growth over 2019. Low interest rates, and continued employment growth, should support household spending and business ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... the same period. The US dollar index is rising while at the same time emerging market currencies are collapsing. Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index's year to date return is negative 7.4%. "International developments." ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... superannuation funds use for their direct investment options. In an arrangement signed off six weeks ago, Morningstar replaced Reuters, which had been the UBS Direct To Member platform vendor for markets data and news since 2011. Five large super funds ...