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Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Lay off China when it comes to global inflationary pressures was a central theme at the AllianceBernstein symposium where clients and industry heads gathered to discuss the changing face of global investing. Discussing the impact of emerging markets ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... late the hero. " A glance at the latest "Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates" table in the "The Economist" shows that the US budget deficit is forecast to come in at 9.9 per cent of GDP this year and Britain at 9.0 per cent. Certainly ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Simmons & Company International - saying that he sees oil at US$378 a barrel. I highlighted on this space back then The Economist magazine's analysis that, "the oil price would need to leap, probably above its 2008 peak of almost $150 a barrel, to fell ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... believed to hold more than half - 3-3.5 million barrels per day - of OPEC"s total spare capacity. Saudi Arabia is what The Economist calls " the central bank of the oil market." Like the Fed it could engage in "quantitative easing" but not when the country ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... all the sensationalist scare tactics, the fear index shows us otherwise. So we up the ante. Yesterday, I quoted The Economist magazine's words that, "the oil price would need to leap, probably above its 2008 peak of almost $150 a barrel, to fell the ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Yes, yes, we know what will happen if oil stays higher for longer. The global recovery is kaput. But according to The Economist magazine, "A rule of thumb is that a 10% increase in the price of oil will cut a quarter of a percentage point off global ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... cent above the US$79.36 per barrel it was fetching at the start of last year. The price of foodstuffs rose by more. The Economist Food Index shows that, to date, food prices have increased by almost 40 per cent since January 2010. However, the core rate ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... winning the war. The latest (21 July 2010) Big Mac Index - am sure you've heard of this index before - published by "The Economist", showed that the US dollar is undervalued against currencies of slow growing economies (European and Scandinavian countries) ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Horrendous! Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! These are just some of the adjectives the financial press quoting the analysts, quoting the economists, quoting the experts used to describe last night's disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... per cent in the year to May. There are speculations that this sector is heading - if not already - in a bubble. The Economist magazine doesn't think so. In a 27 May article, it printed that "Prices would have to fall a long way to push borrowers "under ...