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Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... a series of reductions, the Fed official concluded QE in October 2014, signalling the Fed's confidence that the US economy is strong enough to warrant the withdrawal of monetary policy support. This could be the underlying reason by Fed chair Jerome ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... and non-manufacturing sectors since the fourth quarter of 2018. However, this new additional evidence of a slowing US economy onwards to a recession prompted a rebound on Wall Street: Dow up 0.5%; S&P 500 up 0.8%; Nasdaq up 1.1%; and Russell 2000 up ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... just erode the fed's credibility and independence while at the same time, signalling a virtual admission that the US economy is, indeed, heading towards cactus avenue. Then again, you, I and Irene don't need any more signalling from the Fed. ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... is at near 49-year lows at 3.7% (July)... but it was also clocking multi-decade lows (4.4% December 2006) before the US economy receded. So much so, that the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's article on the yield curve back in March 2007 stated ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... increase in the participation rate, itself a positive indication of the US labour market. Sure, it was great news for the US economy but... it also eased growing expectations the Fed would cut interest rates by 50 bps from the current 2.25%-2.5% as early ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
"China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... stressed that the fed funds rate would remain frozen at the prevailing rate of 2.25%-2.5%. But while the Fed sees the US economy as half-full (record low unemployment rate), bond markets are looking at the half-empty inflation gauges and are, therefore ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... 'relatively' doing much better than the rest of the world, US President Donald J. Trump should be gloating the US economy, under his administration, has advanced and is in a position to become the engine of growth for all of the rest of the world. ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... 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 the year to December 1998, non-farm payrolls were growing ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." He said while optimistic investors have pushed up asset prices, the US economy has risen steadily - making it hard to predict what could be next for the markets. "Where are we now? I think the current ...