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Dimensional expands with new Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... executive Glenn Crane said some of the firm's Sydney staff had already relocated to Melbourne, which has topped The Economist magazine's 'most liveable city' rankings for five consecutive years. The new Melbourne office will initially be used primarily ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... been taken. "We have lift off". The Sydney Morning Herald already had first dibs. "The Fed Awakens". Not a chance, The Economist magazine got in first. "End of an era". Nah, Reuters's already there, dated and time stamped at that. Still, I cannot get ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... economy" (AFR). Now what is, yuan depreciation here we come. "Its new status might make for a weaker yuan", says 'The Economist'. "Indeed, far from setting off a groundswell of demand for the yuan, the IMF's decision may pave the way for the yuan's depreciation. ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... over weakening growth. China should have hardlanded! If you don't believe the numbers, just change the metric. 'The Economist' (TE) magazine did this. It's gone the way of Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist, Saul Eslake to prove that China ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... less than 3 months to go before we say bye-bye to 2015, the Fed's still unsure on lifting or not lifting. At least, the economist watching the Fed watch the economic data and financial market developments are more certain - the latest result of the Wall ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... month. This was cut to 15.5% back during the dark GFC days of 2009. And if all else fails, there's always QE. As 'The Economist' magazine explains in its 7 September blog titled, "How China's cash injections add up to quantitative squeezing" (http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/09/china-s-economy) ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... deficit rising to levels many of our peers are struggling to get down to. So as we compare apples with apples, 'The Economist' table on "Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates" predicts Australia's budget deficit to GDP to be 2.4% ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... this August, on the 27th up to the 29th. Yes, that annual central bankers' economic symposium where according to 'The Economist' magazine, "...two previous Fed chairmen, Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan, used... to signal major shifts in policy." Fed ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... gets a,-86 billion over three years. At least, Greece can sleep easy for three full years... or maybe not. For as The Economist magazine puts it: "In exchange for the package, which could amount to as much as a,-86 billion ($95 billion) over three years ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... be talkin' 'bout another dose of QE instead of a lift. China, after all, is economy nAomero dos. But I digress. The Economist magazine put the Chinese stock market in perspective in an article titled, " China's stockmarket crash, A red flag " "Lost in ...