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Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... of extreme volatility in the Chinese equity market. But the fact that this happened a day after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) boosted liquidity in the domestic economy - in the form of a 100 basis point reduction in the reserve requirement (to ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... July from 2.5% in June while core inflation jumped to 2.1% from 1.8%. Without Brexit uncertainty and concerns over the US-China trade spat, no one could fault the BOE if it raised rates again sooner than expected.

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... recently asked our readers which of the following events will likely eventuate in the next 12 months: a global trade war; China going into recession; the Labor Party winning the next election or a property crash. Of all the possible scenarios, the majority ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... and blue-collar workers in the auto sector. Trump beat his doubters, and his team can now turn to the No. 1 trade target: China." Wall Street also wins. The the DJIA closed 0.7% higher, the S&P 500 index gained 0.4% following the news, not least because ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... the economic outlook appear roughly balanced", Powell noted a "rising chorus" of concerns among US businesses over the US-China trade war. "If we have widespread tariffs and a protectionist world, that's going to be bad for American families... and ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... battle. Yet most equity markets around the world registered gains last week ahead of its implementation. This is because US-China tariff phase two is less onerous than was originally threatened. The US is slapping a 10% tariff on US$200 billion worth ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... (MSCI) included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index and MSCI All Country World Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made one year before. According to Reuters, the 234 China ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... exports would provide an even bigger subtraction from growth should Trump take as aggressive a stance on Tokyo as he is on China. This should not be too much a problem so long as Japanese domestic demand maintains its growth momentum as shown in the ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports and later threatened to tax another US$267 billion of goods coming from China. This would certainly prompt retaliation from China in equal measure. The Sino-American tit-for-tat is the public face of ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... at negative, the portfolio manager saw this as an attractive entry point. One of the fund's current macro themes is "China in transition" and Berelowitz said the nation is transitioning from an industrial and credit-led growth towards more of a consumption-led ...