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Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... Australia and Sweden combined with the island country of Tuvalu as spare change. To be sure, recent headlines report that POTUS is determined to pass the stimulus package sans Republican Party support by using the budget reconciliation rules. As per ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... the world that former President Donald Trump wrote a "very generous letter". There you go, Trump's human after all. POTUS 46's words and immediate actions would help close the divide in America and revive its stature on the global stage. This ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... of states reimposing restrictions to limit infections would continue to expand. More so, after Joe Biden becomes the 46th POTUS on January 20. Biden's already announced that he will ask Americans to commit 100 days of wearing masks as one of his ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... international trade relations. But a more lasting gush in oil prices could be a 2021 story - after Biden's formally sworn as POTUS in January 2021 and earthlings are inoculated against COVID-19 (thought to be around March). In the meantime, crude ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
"A whole new world A new fantastic point of view..." -Zayn Malik, Zhavia Ward Former vice-president Joe Biden is now POTUS-elect, breaking the record for the most votes (70 million plus votes and counting) received by a presidential candidate in US ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
A new POTUS or four more years with the old one? America remains on knife-edge as the November 3 US presidential elections show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... and Brazil, and, of course, phase one might not be signed after all. There's also the impeachment proceedings against POTUS, the looming US presidential elections, the still lacklustre/weakening growth in the global economy and geopolitical risks. ...

Chief economist update: Plenty of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... exporter earlier this year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The US could release more oil into the market. POTUS tweeted so: "I have authorised the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, if needed, in a to-be-determined ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... policy" Powell spoke of in his Jackson Hole speech has just become certain - certain to escalate further that is. Unless POTUS reverses his "take no prisoners" policy on trade (and even his own central bank), fasten your seatbelts and hang on to your ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Economist 's latest estimates of currency over/undervaluation versus the US dollar - based on its Big Mac index - show that POTUS has reason to cry foul. "The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), which states that ...
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