Trump is biggest risk to world economy – Diokno

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What’s the biggest risk to the world economy today? It’s the US president, Philippine central bank governor Benjamin Diokno told a panel discussion in Singapore, with the audience bursting into laughter at his candid answer.

A former economics professor who took the helm of the central bank in March, Diokno said the US economy is growing due to the tax cut enacted under President Donald Trump, but the policy will exacerbate debt in the long run.

“Whatever Trump does is really driving the markets. It affects everyone else,” said Michael Ricafort, an economist at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation in Manila.Trump, who wants to see stronger US economic growth ahead of his re-election bid next year, has been outspoken in favoring more aggressive monetary-policy easing.

 

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