Says Matthew Hildebrandt, Smarty-pants Economist

"As long as inflation is high, real policy rates are actually falling, so policy makers do not have to cut by as much as you might think," said Matthew Hildebrandt, an economist at JPMorgan.

"They are already having what we would consider looser monetary conditions by doing nothing, simply because inflation is rising," he said.

International Herald Tribune - Feb


``The budget makes it very clear that the government and central bank's main priority is to boost the economy,'' said Matthew Hildebrandt, an economist at JPMorgan Chase Bank in Singapore.

Bloomberg - Feb


According to the economist with JPMorgan Chase Hildebrandt inflation will increase to an average of 16.1% for the current year and the dong will also consolidate by 1%.

Asia Economy Watch - March


"Inflation is generally a problem in Vietnam, but it's specifically a problem in food prices, especially imported food, and oil prices," said Matthew Hildebrandt, an economist at JPMorgan Chase Bank in Singapore. "You need to find a way to limit the impact from imported goods."


Thanh Nien News - March


Mr Hildebrandt said: “Negative effects from any of these factors could be particularly harmful, given that risks to private sector investment have already risen from deterioration in global demand and credit conditions.”

Times Online - March


"Today's labour market report reconfirms our view that domestic price pressures will push inflation higher in the second half of the year," said Matthew Hildebrandt, an economist at JP Morgan.

The Brunei Times - August


MATTHEW HILDEBRANDT, ECONOMIST AT JP MORGAN

"This makes the currency stronger and depresses imported inflation. It helps bring down food and oil prices and any sort of imported price.

"We are surprised by the move. Central banks are forward-looking and given that inflation is expected to come off, growth will come off, the general consensus was there would be no change to policy."

Reuters - April


``Bank Negara is balancing global growth concerns with those from inflation,'' said Matthew Hildebrandt, an economist at JP
Morgan Chase Bank in Singapore. ``Until risks from either global growth or inflation move decisively in one direction, I expect Bank Negara to remain sidelined.''

Bloomberg - February


"We'll probably see a fairly populist government budget, but one that does not deviate too far from their goal of narrowing the federal government fiscal deficit during the Ninth Malaysia Plan," said Matthew Hildebrandt, a JP Morgan economist.

Asia One News / Reuters - September