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Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... grown consistently since dropping to 16.3% in 1950. However, in 1970 Asia Pacific made up 26.1% of global GDP and North America a tiny 12.7%. Western Europe's influence on global GDP is shrinking, as is North America's. In 1913, Western Europe ...

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... September 2017, Point Bridge Capital launched a Republican-themed ETF with the ticker MAGA (for Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan). As of Wednesday, this ETF has only gathered about US$10 million in assets. A Democratic-themed ETF ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... (naturally) and vowed retaliation (of course). "We urge the US to immediately withdraw its erroneous decision. Otherwise China will make legitimate and necessary reactions," declared China's Foreign Ministry. So far there had been limited reaction ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... government on a "money is no object" crusade, stockmarket investors and economic fundamentals only need to follow the money... to make more money.

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... three short months before were: "rising geo-political tensions between the US and Iran; still high tariff barriers between America and its trading partners; and, weather-related disasters. Who would have thought? All available information three months ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading, on hopes of a ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... timely counterweight." Downside risks are sure to materialise given Trump's continuing crusade to "Make America Great Again" at the expense of its neighbours. We can all forget about "co-ordinated policy action" as well. Trump will go his own way ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... reflation that started in 2017 would have had their desired effects... but for Trump - and his vow to "Make America Great Again" by beggaring its neighbours by imposing increased tariffs on US imports. History shows that this is a lose-lose proposition. ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... increased selling pressure on the yuan. But as we learned in Economics 101, China's deteriorating economic fundamentals make the yuan's depreciation an imperative (if it were allowed to float freely sans PBOC intervention). However, digressing ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... increased tariffs, would reduce the US trade deficit. Lower US interest rates and a cheaper currency will make America great again! Just think of all the business and consumer spending spent inside the US of A instead of leaking to other countries through ...
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