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Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... Trump's way of proving his genius on his latest call on the Fed to "Lower Rates & Loosen". The escalation of trade tensions is already sending Wall Street on a tailspin, and just like December last year's rout on Wall Street prompted the Fed ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... warning that: "Growth could be weaker still if downside risks materialise or interact, including from a further escalation of trade and cross-border investment policy restrictions, continued uncertainty about Brexit, a failure of policy stimulus to prevent ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... growth conditions in both the US and China comes despite their on-going trade friction. A lasting de-escalation of trade tensions would have a positive domino effect and lift growth around the world that, in turn, would allow central banks to resume ...

ANZ profits hit by remediation, low rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... factors that have made this a much more challenging year than we're been used to. "So we've seen some of the global trade tensions - that has had an impact. We're seen this trend of much lower interest rates everywhere in the world and now including ...

IMF predicts bleak Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... report, the IMF warned of a "synchronised global slowdown" to the weakest pace since the Global Financial Crisis. "Rising trade and geopolitical tensions have increased uncertainty about the future of the global trading system and international cooperation ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... 3.3% in Q2) dropping by less than imports (down 12.9%) - reinforcing the general sense of uncertainty over Brexit, trade tensions and the slowing global economy. This is hardly surprising given indications of slowing and even fears of a recession in ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... after it cut the fed funds rate by 25 bps to 2.25% at its July FOMC meeting - compounded by Trump's escalation trade tensions with Beijing and the depreciation of the Chinese yuan, raised market anxiety that the current global slowdown would morph ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... The wordings may be different, but all three (more or less) gave similar rationales for their policy decisions - trade tensions, global slowdown, relative currency appreciation - all putting downward pressure on their domestic economic growth and inflation. ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... continue. In the Asia-Pacific, fintech investments have been muted to $3.6 billion across 102 deals, likely driven by trade tensions between the US and China, along with uncertainty and increased regulatory scrutiny by the government, according to the ...