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Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... 46F) for 30 days, up from previous estimate of 7 days. This comes in the wake of some of the logistics/distribution concerns (WSJ) surrounding the vaccine candidate from Pfizer (PFE-US ) and BioNTech (BNTX-US ). While the recently announced efficacy ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... bill that sanctions Chinese party officials over the new security laws and penalise banks that do business with the entities (WSJ). Trump promised US would address the issue very strongly while State Department said imposing legislation would be met ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... said the deal was not economic stimulus at all, but rather a series of survival payments that will last only a few months. WSJ touched on a similar dynamic, noting that until the spread of the coronavirus is contained, the economic damage will persist." ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion could be a signal to lower rates, but depends on its magnitude and duration (perhaps months) ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... familiar with discussions who said most or all US tariffs on China likely to be lifted as two sides close in on a trade deal. WSJ said talks have progressed to a stage where a formal agreement could be reached at a probable 27-Mar summit between Trump ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... report. A big takeaway from the report remained the inability of good job growth to drive a notable improvement in wages. WSJ ("US Hiring Figures Reveal Sweet Spot for Economy") discussed how economic output on track for a third straight quarter of near ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... implementations, threats, some concessions and now it's good cop bad cop. Bad cop Trump told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that it's "highly unlikely" he would agree to China's plea for him to refrain from lifting the current 10% tariff imposed ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... Journal's article headlined "The Tax Law, Just One Month Old, Is Roaring Through U.S. Companies" says it all. According to WSJ, "the effects are rippling through corner offices and boardrooms, with companies large and small dusting off once-shelved plans ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... the past few weeks -- it would act this month, markets fear that the Japanese central bank is "Running Out of Bonds to Buy" (WSJ) in about 18 months (and this, if it maintains its current JGB purchases at ¥80 trillion annually). And then there's the ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... surprisingly, Fed rhetoric has turned dovish. Fed Governor Lael Brainard's comment is the latest. She told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that, "Recent developments reinforce the case for watchful waiting" because slow growth in the developed economies ...
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