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US inflation rises 3.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... September 19-20," he said. "Nevertheless, given the stickiness on the services side, I can see the utility in continuing to telegraph a 'high indefinitely' message. In other words, the policy rate is at best at a 'plateau' rather than a 'peak'." In late ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... this as its official anthem. The property craze in this Land Down Under is best portrayed by an article in the Daily Telegraph telling the story about "a mouldy 1970s house with a leaky roof and rooms cordoned off with danger tape" selling for $1.68 ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... on December 10 to discuss whether to authorise Pfizer's and BioNTech's vaccine for emergency use. Separately, Telegraph reported UK regulators could authorise Pfizer's vaccine for use in less than a week. Comes as UK NHS has reportedly drawn ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

Chief economist update: Fed on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... banks' changes in policies. A change in policy stance from hawkish to dovish and/or an outright cut in interest rates telegraph the central bank's concern over the state of the economy. This is none other exemplified by the Fed projections that ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The Fed meets this week and it's almost as good as gold that it will announce another gentle 25 basis points hike, taking the fed funds rate to 1.5%-1.75% - CME FedWatch Tool has the probability of a rate hike at 94.4% - when the US central bank concludes ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Markets hate uncertainty and surprises. We all know this and this truism was in full display this year and more recently, Wall Street's climb to fresh record highs over the weekend following the Fed's expected and well-telegraphed 25 basis point rate ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
And so it came to pass, The Fed delivered! The US central bank lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%-1.50% following its 12-13 December FOMC meeting - as widely expected and telegraphed but more importantly, as the dot plot of December ...
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