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Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... other. He must have contracted the Fedspeak disease by getting too close with the Fed. You can read Jon's piece on http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/12/06/hilsenraths-five-takeaways-on-what-the-jobs-report-means-for-the-fed/ and discover that he'll ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... T-A-P-E-R in December? Seems that way if you believe the latest headlines: U.S. stocks fall for third day on taper worries (WSJ); Wall St drops as Fed taper risk rises (AFR); Fear of stimulus taper hits global stocks; bonds, yen up (Reuters). I might ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... now turned out to be Jon's joke. He was at it again yesterday, relaying his thoughts on the October FOMC statement on the WSJ: "Taken together, the Fed isn't taking a December adjustment to the bond-buying program off the table." But to be kind to Jon ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... rehash of the one released after the May meeting...except for very few very minor tweaks. See for yourself here: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/06/19/parsing-the-fed-how-the-statement-changed-31/ At his press conference and Q&A, Big Benny might ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' for more action after rate cut (FT) All good. Everything's well again. Forget all those disappointing data sets ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an s. According to WSJ, it re-stated it 2011 budget deficit to 9.44% of GDP from 8.96% and the 2012 budget shortfall is now estimated to be 7.4% ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... earnings need an expanding economy to be strong. Fed intervention needs the opposite - a deteriorating one. I guess even the WSJ can be caught up in the moment, put two and two together and came up with three. Yes Virginia. According to Bloomberg, of ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... widened 15.1% from a year earlier, as revenues continued to fall despite the government's austerity cuts to spending." The WSJ also noted the government's admission that "it will miss its budget deficit target of 7.8% of gross domestic product" in 2011 ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... government spending cutbacks and raising taxes? How? How? How? That's why last week's breaking news from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that, "Greece is likely to miss its budget-deficit targets this year," is hardly surprising. According to the WSJ ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... December 2010 when it reported on the better-than-expected Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) sales. This is what the WSJ printed at the time: "After several years of relative thrift, consumers may be parting with their money more willingly simply ...