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Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Europe and the reimposition of restrictions there - it dropped to a three-month low of US$0.7055 in mid-October. Vaccine optimism has brought it back to life - above US$0.73 - and latest activity stats indicate that the Chinese economy continues to strengthen. ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... Bank and the Bank of England's collective and cautionary missive comes amid a backdrop of recent COVID-19 vaccine optimism and the rising cases of infections and deaths in their respective domains. Fed chair Jerome Powell thinks that while the US ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... the previous month. With consumers back in the shops, business sentiment and activity are lifting. The NFIB business optimism index increased to a seven-month high reading of 104.0 in September. The ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices have ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... social and business activity in the single currency region, along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures, sparked optimism of a V-shaped recovery in the Eurozone. This was underscored by the OECD and the IMF's June 2020 projections. The 'OECD ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... stats, the "good news" could start a virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging business spending in plant and machinery and staff, stimulating ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... contain the second wave. The sharp deceleration of cases of COVID-19 infections reported in Victoria in recent weeks offers optimism.

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... contraction reading since 2009. Curiouser and curiouser. What's curious is that the pick-up in employment and increased optimism among businesses (which raises the prospect of further jobs gain) has not translated to improved consumer confidence. ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... (capex) usually commands attention before and during its release for it provides an indication of domestic firms' optimism towards future growth as well as, itself, being a driving component of that growth. So it was surprising when the Australian ...

COVID-19 dampens CFO outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Gustafson said: "A COVID-induced global economic downturn, the largest since the Great Depression, has hit hard, net optimism has fallen drastically, and uncertainty is at an all-time high." Supply chain disruption has forced CFOs to think laterally ...