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Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... the domestic economy. Australian exporters would find their wares more competitive in the world market (even with higher tariffs). Not only that, exporters would receive an extra boost from their US dollar - or euro or yen or pound or yuan) earnings ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... weeks, according to Eaton Vance. Investor sentiment on emerging markets swung negative in recent weeks on concerns over tariffs, trade, global growth and a resurgent US dollar, the US US$434 billion asset manager said. In all, investors pulled out about ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... "Made in the USA" produce. This is just for starters. More's on the way. In two weeks' time, the US will implement tariffs on an additional US$16 billion worth of imports from China that would certainly be matched by Beijing, spurring Trump to ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... Portugal on 18-20 June: "The indirect impact on the Japanese economy could be quite significant...if this escalation of tariffs between the US and China continues"... while at the same time warning that it could disrupt supply chains in Southeast Asia. ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... dropped to 86.3 in June versus the preliminary reading of 87.4 and May's final reading of 89.1 The reason: Trump's tariffs. But don't take my word for it, here's what University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers chief economist, Richard ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (6.7%) - or even the Chinese government's 6.5% target, Trump's tariffs look set to knock these predictions down to the canvass. To be sure, China's economy had already been weakening even ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Governor Haruhiko Kuroda: "The indirect impact on the Japanese economy could be quite significant...if this escalation of tariffs between the US and China continues"... while at the same time warning that it could disrupt supply chains in Southeast Asia. ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... before) at the meeting held in Quebec, Canada. There's a lot in the communique they "agreed" on but Trump - and his tariffs - certainly wouldn't agree to point four in the communique: "We acknowledge that free, fair, and mutually beneficial trade ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... growth in imports slowed to 0.5% in the March quarter from 1.6% in December. The US may have exempted Australia from its tariffs but if Trump's protectionist policies escalate into a global trade war, particularly with China - Australia's biggest ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... for at the same time that Italy's political crisis was reaching boiling point, the US announced that it would slap tariffs on US$50 billion of Chinese imports soon after June 15. That's still two weeks away and the unpredictable Trump could always ...