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Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... shoring up its economy and avoiding a looming recession. Non-conventional fiscal policy - "Shadow Budget" - here we come. Reuters reports that: "Germany is considering setting up independent public agencies that could take on new debt to invest in the ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Economic Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty, quantified the direct and indirect effects of the tariff wars. According to Reuters: "The Fed researchers analysed newspaper articles and corporate earnings calls to estimate trade policy uncertainty, finding ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... Trump who wants the Fed to cut interest rates by a lot more to lower the US dollar exchange rate. And even before this, Reuters reported on August 6 that: "Interest rate moves by central banks across a group of 37 developing economies showed a net eight ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... confirmed it is in talks to acquire Refinitiv in a US$27 billion deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that generated $6.3 billion in ...

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 ...