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Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
A trade deal between US and China could end the uncertainty but it won't do anything to help the trade deficit, according to Capital Group vice chairman Michael Thawley.

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Brexit is history and the world can go on without an EU-Britain trade agreement, an economic expert told this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum.

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Financial Standard chief economist Benjamin Ong swam against the tide about the RBA raising its cash rate. And now he's been vindicated.

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
"Available information" on the Australian economy points to at least a change in stance to neutral, if not an outright reduction in interest rates.

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The RBA will keep interest rates unchanged at its February 5 board meeting, but the $64 million question is what the RBA will do next.

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
Italian GDP contracted 0.2% in December quarter after shrinking 0.1% in the previous three-month period. But the decline in the economy's national output was double the expected 0.1%.

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Just when I thought that old Wall Street rule of thumb "three steps and a stumble" was no more, it reasserted itself.

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
The list of stats indicating that the RBA would be forced into a counter-offensive has been growing over the past few months.

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Here's why shorting the Australian dollar is a good hedge.

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The Fed's fresh iteration of being "data dependent" - a given for all central banks on the planet - means zilch given Donald Trump's unpredictability.