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Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Measures to address China's underlying problem, which is the slowing economy, are not helped by its ongoing trade stoush with Trump.

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Forward indicators suggest that unless authorities introduce more accommodative measures, China's economic growth could slow even more.

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Financial markets remain in a state of flux. The question therefore becomes, how resilient would the Australian economy be against these downdrafts?

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
It appears that the Fed - is becoming a bigger worry than Donald Trump's trade war or China's slowdown or Saudi Arabia's reported "assassination."

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The People's Bank of China's latest injection of liquidity into the economy should help offset its challenges, not least because of its trade war with the US.

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the combination of several negative factors that's responsible for weighing the equity market down. However, some of them have eased.

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
America is not importing inflationary pressures. Financial markets have now trimmed their Fed rate hike expectations.

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
US President Donald Trump's recent outburst was straight away vindicated by the new inflation report released last night.

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
This recent bout of market angst is being compared to February 2018 - it provides us a sobering lesson.

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
At any other given day, investors would have dismissed this as one of those occasions of extreme volatility in the Chinese equity market.