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The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Quo vadis inflation? The minutes of the Fed's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting revealed Yellen & Co's continued confusion over the unresponsiveness of consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
It's 21 days before the US Federal Reserve proclaims to the world that the fed funds rate is 25 basis points higher to 1.5%. Gauging from the CME FedWatch Tool, this is 91.5% certain. I don't think anybody can quibble with this. But one striking point ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
Everything that could go right is going right for Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won by landslide at the 22 October 2017 general elections, ensuring that sitting Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda will be re-appointed when his term expires ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
At least people of the world know what the Fed has in store for them come December - another 25 basis point increase in the fed funds rate come the 13th of the month. 'tis not the same for the UK where Brexit negotiations remain up in the air... and ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
"In the next 5000 kilometres, turn right." Even the now-ubiquitous GPS (global positioning system) will ask you're starting point before it gives directions to your destination. But what if you don't know where you presently are? Such is the problem ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Thank goodness Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Say what? "Business conditions hit an all new high in October, although leading indicators suggest the possibility of some pull-back in coming months. The business conditions index jumped by an impressive 7 points in October, to +21 index points, which ...

Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Fresh data out of China suggests that the central government and the central bank's efforts to reduce liquidity in the system are starting to have an impact. China's M2 money supply went up by 8.8% in the year to October after rising by 9.2% in the ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Assessed in tandem with the previous day's report of a narrowing in China's international trade surplus in October, the latest update on the country's inflation indicates the central government's progress towards rebalancing the economy. China's CPI ...