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Economic recovery may be U-shaped on difficulty of lifting lockdowns: Schroders
Instead of a V-shaped economic recovery as previously predicted, Schroders’ chief economist and strategist Keith Wade is downgrading his forecast for global growth to reflect the dull first quarter in 2020.
June 17, 2020
Global Markets
Market updates: Asian stocks and US futures climb; US dollar drops
Asian stocks rebounded from their biggest decline since March and U.S. futures climbed after news about US monetary and fiscal stimulus plans bucked up investor sentiment in face of worries over a second wave of the coronavirus.
June 16, 2020
Global Economy
Morgan Stanley economists have 'greater confidence' in call for V-shape global recovery
The global economy is in a new expansion cycle and output will return to pre-coronavirus crisis levels by the fourth quarter, according to Morgan Stanley economists.
June 16, 2020
Covid-19
The real economic opening we need
With governments adopting measures to halt the Covid-induced economic downturn and prepare the way for a safe recovery, we need to start focusing on new ways to open up and create markets. So far, this task has been taken up almost entirely by
June 12, 2020
Zest
Bailing out the economy: Banks confronting purpose, corporate responsibility, and their survival
Smoothing the economic catastrophe generated by Covid-19 has led to intense discussions on whether the banking sector is an effective channel to inject financial oxygen into the economy.
June 12, 2020
Tong's Portfolio
The market is right about a stimulus-augmented V-shaped recovery
Stocks have continued to rise despite dismal economic data and corporate earnings, political worries and street protests in the US, renewed US-China trade war tensions as well as pandemic uncertainties.
June 12, 2020
Global Economy
A crash in the dollar is coming
Covid-19, and the economic crisis it has triggered, is stretching this tension between saving- and the current-account to the breaking point. The culprit: exploding government budget deficits.
June 12, 2020
Global Economy
Markets could rise more despite the recession
The financial markets reacted to the Covid-19 outbreak with an unprecedented first-quarter drop, then turned around quickly.
June 12, 2020
Global Economy
OECD reports record fall of 3.4% in G20 GDP for 1Q20
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that the real gross domestic product (GDP) across the G20 countries fell by 3.4% in 1Q20 due to the containment measures induced by the Covid-19 global pandemic.
June 11, 2020
Broker's Calls
CGS-CIMB initiates coverage on Innotek with 'buy' on strong balance sheet, attractive yields
SINGAPORE (June 11): CGS-CIMB Research analyst William Tng has initiated coverage on mainboard-listed precision metal part maker Innotek with an “add” call and target price of 57.9 cents, representing an upside of 52.5% for the stock.
June 11, 2020