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US authorities announced a delay on tariffs slated for nearly half the $300bn of targeted Chinese imports. However, it is unlikely that the move marks the start of a broad-based tariff retreat, theref...

Domestic sentiment has been hit severely by the protests in Hong Kong. This, plus spill-overs from the US-China trade tensions, leads us to expect Hong Kong’s economy will fall into a technical recess...

The recession watch attracted more eyeballs this week, as conditions overseas continued to deteriorate, an important segment of the yield curve briefly inverted, and trade uncertainty remained in the...

Australian commodity exports have grown strongly over the past 12 months, driving what is expected to be a 0.7%pt contribution to GDP growth from net exports in the June quarter. LNG production contin...

As expected, Norges Bank kept interest rates unchanged at 1.25%, but clearly signalled a rate hike before the end of the year. The executive committee’s assessment that little has happened since June...

While the US economy is now in its longest expansion on record, clouds are forming on the horizon. Trade tensions between the world’s largest economic powers, heightened geopolitical risks and growing... more

The robotics revolution is rapidly accelerating, as fast-paced technological advances in automation, engineering, energy storage, artificial intelligence and machine learning converge. The far-reachin... more

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The next-generation chemicals supply chain is here. It’s data-driven and digitally executed to create transparency, enable advanced planning, predict demand patterns and leverage asset availability. I... more

Business-to-business (B2B) customer engagement presents unique challenges for chemicals and petroleum companies. Empowered customers expect more and want to buy at the time and through the channel of... more