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Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... an experience that leads to an even better healthcare plan." - Remarks by President Trump on the Health Care Bill. Yes Virginia, US President Donald Trump learned a lot last week. The unfolding events did, however, strengthen the credibility of the democratic ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... conditions 5, "consistent with solid business activity in the near-term, and are higher than through much of H2 2016". No Virginia, the sky is not falling. More so because the February "give back" didn't come as a surprise either. NAB chief economist ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... slows US economic growth and plays into Trump's protectionist' stance that could spark a trade war, notably with China. And yes, there's China too, which itself, is currently trying to contain capital outflows and currency depreciation. For us, Australians ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... cycle high of 98.1 recorded in January 2015 - from 93.80 in the previous month. Confident consumers are spending consumers. Yes them, the ones who contributed 1.9 percentage points to the US economy's 3.2% annualised growth rate in the third quarter. ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Be careful what you wish for... No Virginia, except for Putin, the majority of world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... these days. These two sources of current market uncertainty were sown sometime back around the middle of last year. Yes Virginia. It was on 7 May 2015 when David Cameron and his Conservative Party won (with an outright majority) what was then thought ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... big and small - are all designed to lift growth and inflation at home, they are also beggaring their neighbours. Yes Virginia, they're called "QE's" or "LTRO's" or "OMT's" or Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" or "New ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) declared that it could take up to two weeks before the final results are known. Yes Virginia, we've joined the "United Kingdoom" and Spain in limboland. Not only for the next two weeks while awaiting Australia's ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... annual growth rate relative to its peers, to quote ol' blue eyes, "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." Yes Virginia, the Australian economy grew faster than the majors in the March quarter, with real GDP expanding by 3.1% over the year. ...