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Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... pressure on their respective equity markets. This is because emerging market central banks would be forced to jack up interest rates - many have done so already - to stem the slide in their currencies. However, by doing so, they are tightening liquidity ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... (China, in particular), falling commodity prices, emerging market sell-off, etc. - should propel the RBA to act (cut interest rates). It's only thanks to the weakening A$ that the RBA could still afford to sit and wait. Ben Ong is the Director of ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... more and ones that would raise inflation in emerging markets, prompting their respective central banks to lift interest rates but in so doing also choke economic growth. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... from the start of 2018 on the back of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's erroneous economic thinking - that high interest rates cause inflation - and his pledge to take greater of monetary policy if he wins re-election at the June 24 poll. He was re-elected ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... precipitous slide in the currency that could another set of problem for the RBNZ - i.e. it might have to raise interest rates to stop funds outflow and/or an unwanted surge in inflation. The New Zealand dollar is now trading at US$0.6595, down another ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... rate will come down gradually and that inflation will increase over time... The timing of any future change in interest rates is dependent upon the speed of the progress that is made in reducing the unemployment rate and having inflation return to around ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... months) that the country's cash rate had been stuck at a record low 1.50%, and the longest stretch of unchanged interest rates at that. For sure and for certain, financial markets would hear what they expect to hear from Governor Philip Lowe and ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... next 6 -12 months" increased to 43% from 38% in December 2017. Wages is the key. The RBA won't be able to lift interest rates until growth in wages picks up lest it exacerbates the financial stress on households. The RBA knows this, it has said so ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... marginal changes in the BOE's projections mask the underlying rationale behind the MPC's decision to raise interest rates this month, which is: "Although modest by historical standards, the projected pace of GDP growth over the forecast is slightly ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... monetary policy regime is: "The Bank intends to maintain the current extremely low levels of short- and long-term interest rates for an extended period of time, taking into account uncertainties regarding economic activity and prices including the effects ...