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Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... are banned from leaving or entering national domiciles. Economics 101 dictates that the A$'s depreciation would make imports more expensive, boosting domestic earnings (substitution effect) and improve company earnings via its translation effects. ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... by 3.7% and while net exports contributed 0.5 percentage points to fourth quarter GDP, this is due to a 10.1% tumble in imports and a 0.4% decline in exports. That was bad then...and that was before coronaphobia. Recent reports that Japanese real wages ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... from the drop in commodity prices hit by the slowing China growth outlook. China is also Australia's top source of imports - 20.4% of total - consisting mainly, engineering products, including office and telecommunication equipment and parts, computers ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... with China as its epicentre - the world's biggest oil importer, accounting for around 20% of total world crude oil imports. The disruption to "life" caused by the epidemic is expected to slow the Chinese economy's growth - reportedly to 5.0%-5.4% ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... Chinese goods (that was due to be applied last 15 December 2019), not lifting the 25% tariff on US$250 billion Chinese imports and, cutting the tariff on US$120 billion in imports from China in half to 7.5%... with Trump promising "to take those tariffs ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... - government consumption added 0.2 pps to growth; government investment added 0.1 pps - and net exports (exports minus imports) which contributed 0.1 pps). Enough with the details, the bottom line is that "the gentle turning point" governor Lowe has ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... recently." But even more recent than recently, is Trump's recent declaration restoring tariffs on US steel and aluminium imports from Argentina and Brazil, considering imposing 100% tariffs on French products; and, suggesting that the US-China deal ...

Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... the "phase one deal" between the US and China fail and the additional 15% US tariffs on around US$156 billion worth of imports from China take effect on December 15. Not a good 2020 start.

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... Australian assets more attractive to foreign eyes. As for inflation, a cheaper Australian dollar means more expensive imports. Of course, this will depend on whether or not domestic companies are able to pass on higher input prices to local consumers... ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... Australian dollar, the price of Australian goods and services becomes less competitive. As a result, export volumes fall and imports increase. "This is consistent with a higher purchasing power of domestic residents and lower import prices; for a given ...