Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 61 - 70 of 980 results for "US economy"

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... would look like if the economy had a full year of growth like it had a particular quarter. Using this measure, the US economy is slowing. US GDP growth has decelerated to an annualised growth rate of 2.6% in the December 2018 quarter from 3.4% in the ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... on retail spending - which constitutes the bulk of household spending that, in turn, accounts for about 70% of the US economy - showed that US retail sales dropped by 1.2% in the month of December - the biggest monthly drop in more than nine years (September ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... bad news, Baur said, is that 2019 will be a "year of two halves." Share markets will struggle on one side, while the US economy will prosper. The US labour force is in "terrific" shape and wage growth is accelerating, especially for low-wage employees ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... December FOMC meeting at 73.2%. Not only that, it would raise questions about the Fed's optimism over the outlook for US economy and doubts over its independence from Trump should Chairman Powell and his merry people announce a halt in proceedings. ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... price investments. Is economy in a sweet spot or on verge of overheating?: - A couple of articles on the state of the US economy followed the November employment report. A big takeaway from the report remained the inability of good job growth to drive ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... tell us what is already a known known. The stats speak for themselves: While the lead from the Markit PMI shows the US economy still up there in terms of economic expansion, the yield curve brings not so good tidings. Not surprisingly, commodity prices ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... determined to reduce/remove policy accommodation. Trump's tax cuts and infrastructure spend has given extra oomph to the US economy. Ones, that the Fed is trying to hose down by virtue of its mandate for stable inflation - that's being "oomph" ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... phrase, the synchronised economic upswing that prevailed until the first quarter of this year is no more - while the US economy continues to go gangbusters, China is slowing, the Eurozone is losing momentum and an increasing number of emerging economies ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... mid-1970s and is edging closer to the record low of 0.988K recorded in May 1969. Whether by luck or design, the booming US economy would have been US president Donald Trump's major legacy to the world - with America super charging growth all around ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... back-to-back quarters of exceptionally strong contributions to overall growth from American household consumption. The US economy expanded at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter following the 4.2% surge in the preceding quarter. Personal ...