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Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... Strawberry Fields) back to early 2016, when the US and the European Union decided to lift financial and oil sanctions on Iran. Almost immediately Tehran announced it's bringing back production to 3 million bpd - the production level before sanctions ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more recently, Trump versus the new "axis of evil" - North Korea, Iran and Venezuela (USA Today) - the list goes on. Trump's propensity to alienate almost everyone (including his own GOP party) ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... "expansionary fiscal policies" as an upside risk. But there's also the downside risk... an escalation of war. Russia and Iran have recently issued statements promising to respond "with force" to any new acts of aggression on Syria by the US. The hope ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... the president has signed an executive order re-imposing the "travel ban" on six countries (formerly seven) -- Yemen, Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Sudan (now excludes Iraq) show Trump's determination to follow through on his promises. Trump's reflationary ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... and deeds. Everybody and their dogs would recall Trump's executive order barring the citizens of seven Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen - from US soil for the next 90 days and the suspension of admission of all refugees ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Yes people, we are now staring at Dow 20,000! For sure, the Dow as an equity market measure is flawed and that in terms of market and economic fundamentals, this means diddly-squat. However, in the world of technical analysts, this is the mark where ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations turned to fact over the weekend when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found that Iran ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... action would greatly improve investor confidence. The top five countries in this group are Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and India. Australia's demographic index ranking is 98 out of 168, a somewhat middling performance with its ageing population ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Happy New Year to all you gentle readers!... and it looks like we'd be needing more well-wishes of "A Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... worst-hit advanced economy from slowing Chinese investment growth, according to International Monetary Fund research. Only Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Zambia and Chile would suffer bigger effects on their economies." (Australian Financial Review) ...