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Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... that there hasn't been much of a change since last time; has not been a change in the assessment" of the medium term outlook for growth and inflation. Draghi admitted that growth has moderated in the first quarter (and even continuing in the second ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... picks-up. Recall former RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' words: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." The strengthening Australian labour market offers ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... lift. Recall former RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' words; "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook." The chart below shows that wages are more correlated with ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... get? Of course, that familiar refrain, "With a strong job market, inflation close to our objective, and the risks to the outlook roughly balanced, the FOMC believes that - for now - the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
We're all much aware of the US Federal Reserve's optimistic outlook for America's economic growth, unemployment and inflation and that, as per the 13 June FOMC statement, the risks to this outlook "appear roughly balanced." However, the ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... central forecast for GDP growth to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019...One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household income has been growing slowly and debt levels are high. "The outlook for the labour ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... out of Chinese equities, there would be less demand for the yuan, hence the fall. And oh, there's also the growth outlook differential - America is gaining momentum while China's government is intentionally slowing its economy - and interest ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Portugal on 18-20 June. US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: "Changes in trade policy could cause us to have to question the outlook...We have a very wide range of contacts in the business world in the US and around the world, and as we talk to them they continually ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... buying, I questioned why investors would be buying safety instead of risk assets. More so, given the Fed's optimistic outlook for the US economy (it wouldn't be raising interest rates if not, and by more than initially forward-guided). As it ...

Chief economist update: ECB cannot be any clearer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... anticipates that, after September 2018, subject to incoming data confirming the Governing Council's medium-term inflation outlook, the monthly pace of the net asset purchases will be reduced to €15 billion until the end of December 2018 and that ...