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Economics

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
So what's the problem? What's Wall Street spooked about? It's the natural progression towards the normalisation of monetary policy, a natural policy response to an economy that no longer requires a crutch and might even do a high jump (if Trump's tax ...

Brexit-proof?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
UK manufacturing remains resilient.

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Japanese businesses more optimistic

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Opposing message from China's manufacturing PMI.

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The problem is everyone agrees that Australia's property market is extremely overvalued and, along with record household debt - household debt to income ratio is currently at 187%, according to RBA data - threatens domestic financial stability and by ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Not extending the production cap would put pressure on crude prices. Extending it would lift prices but encourage the return of oil producers which would again lift oil supply and dampen prices.

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The ECB was correct in nipping these rate hike speculations in the bud, lest rising interest rates prevent the economic green shoots from fully blossoming.

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggers Article 50.

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Underwriting this booming confidence is, of course, US President Trump's promised reflationary policies - mainly tax cuts and fiscal spending on infrastructure (and the Wall?) -- and the US Federal Reserve's 'go slow' approach towards policy normalisation.

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
It's not happening only in America. The world is turning to be a better place too.