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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... Country' from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... Special Counsel did not find that the Trump Campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government in these efforts, despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump Campaign." The ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... yield differential flattened in late 1998. The Fed and the world dismissed that as reaction to the Asian financial crisis/Russian debt default/LTCM collapse at the time. The US economy was still doing swell, thank you very much. US GDP grew by 4.9% in ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... late to escape the 1990 recession. The US yield curve inverted again in 1998 (the time of the Asian financial crisis, the Russian debt default and the LTCM collapse) but the Fed's quick response averted a US recession. Perhaps, glowing in its success ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... potential consequences of unregulated content on social media platforms for the last two years, since the allegations of Russian interference in US domestic politics arose and the Cambridge Analytica scandal." "There's an underlying issue here that's ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Australia from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... It's the same for government debt - down to 12.6% of GDP in 2017 from 12.9% in 2016 and 15.9% in 2015. As a result, the Russian ruble has appreciated by 48.2% from the all-time low of R84.24/US$ recorded in January 2016 and the Micex composite index ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... knowledge to financial questions. The four countries ahead of Australia were China, Belgium, Canada and nations grouped as the Russian Federation. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said he welcomed these results, noting 15% of Australian students were high ...

Russia and India sign investment partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have overseen a signing ceremony to create a US$1 billion fund for Russian investment in Indian business. The fund is a partnership between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... baseline 2017 forecast of GDP growth of not more than 1.0%, provided inflation continues to ease. It's getting there. Russian inflation slowed to 6.4% in the year to September from 6.9% in August and 7.2% in July. This is lower than market expectations ...