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Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Tehran carried out revenge attacks on the US, stoking fears of a new war in ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... the two nations, the eulogist at General Suleimani's funeral has called for an $80 million bounty on US President Donald Trump. "Iran has 80 million inhabitants. Based on the Iranian population, we want to raise $80 million, which is a reward for those ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... the US considering tariffs as final "insurance" for compliance. Deal expected to be signed at the ministerial level (not Trump and Xi) in January. Talks about a phase 2 to begin immediately." This is good. Even better, the two economic behemoths are ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... the probability of a US recession (in 1990, 2001 and 2008) still produced a US recession. This is further compounded by Trump and his crusade against trade. While the Fed and financial markets appear to be correct in anticipating a pause, Bill Evans ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
"Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say 'on one hand...', then 'but on the other..." - Harry Truman The AFR recently published an opinion piece from Kate Samranvedhya - a Bachelor of Science in Economics graduate from Massachusetts ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." While a "phase one" deal between the US and China appears to be close (again), it's still prudent not to write-off the possibility of a re-escalation in the tariff wars given Trump's recent targeting ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Australia's economic growth accelerated to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's oft-repeated claim that, "the Australian economy appears to ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... tariff on US$160 billion worth of Chinese imports would be slapped as threatened. Argentina and Brazil may have to kowtow to Trump despite their currency depreciation being a result of the economic crises in their economies and not currency manipulation ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... associated with contraction" and that ""Global trade remains the most significant cross-industry issue". What's this? Trump isn't "winning" as he claims?