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Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... negative) and even embark on QE, but the general uncertainty emanating from the global slowdown, due to Trump's trade war, are and would make Australian businesses hesitant to increase investment in building and structures and equipment and staff ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
It's not me, it's you! Yes Virginia, you, I and Irene are very well aware of US president Donald J. Trump's Twitter attacks on the Fed. The last, most significant one was right after US Federal chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... but many times by talks that lead to expectations to a deal... only to watch both the US and China up the ante on the trade war. Here's a picture of the escalating US-China trade war from bbc.com: Not included in the picture is the 15% tax imposed ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... for expanding its exports (up 1.4% in the June quarter) amid the global economic slowdown and the lingering US-China trade war, among others. As for imports, the Australian dollar's depreciation is working its magic on the domestic economy by encouraging ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... September 12, it'll find the "rising threat of protectionism" has risen further with the escalation of the US-China trade war. The recently-released IHS Markit Eurozone manufacturing PMI survey gave credence to Draghi's statement at the July ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... to everyday life and businesses in Hong Kong are taking their toll on the Hang Seng index, compounding the US-China trade war the territory appeared to have overcome since it started in early 2018. After rising by 4% in the first three months of the ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... Yes Virginia, Australian businesses have upped their capital spending plans in the face of multiplying challenges - trade war, global slowdown led by China and melting emerging markets, Brexit, wobbly share markets and on the domestic front, record high ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... Chinese products from 10% to 25% starting the 10th of May, and a few months prior to the recent escalation of the US-China trade war. What price surplus? Frydenberg has to play the hand he's been dealt. Financial Standard has advocated back in June ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... responding to China's Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States." Upping the ante on his trade war with China: "China should not have put new Tariffs on 75 BILLION DOLLARS of United States product (politically motivated!). ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit; political uncertainty (in Hong Kong, in Italy, in Russia and in Argentina). ...