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BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives are trying to hash out a settlement following charges the bank breached US ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Economic) Christopher Kent delivers a speech to the Wall Street Journal's Labour Market Developments gathering in Sydney. Indian High Commissioner Biren Nanda, South Australian Trade Minister Martin ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... consecutive growth, tackling the widening deficit has become a political issue," the British paper said. The Wall Street Journal echoed concerns among Australian economists and analysts that the budget cuts will hit consumer confidence "at exactly the ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is soon to announce its final position on the long run argument ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... economists Ting Lu and Xiaojia Zhi think that the numbers were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year. The Wall Street Journal Marketwatch quoted them saying that, the "... PMI data are heavily seasonally adjusted, but the seasonal adjustment is quite ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... is. How bad? PIMCO's Gross now sees at least a 50-50 chance of a December taper. Jon Hilsenrath wrote on the Wall Street Journal that taper is on the table. Although for the life me, I can't quite figure out exactly what Jon's saying - with one hand ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... considered the Fed's mouthpiece. Jon was the one who started the first Fed taper episode when he wrote in the Wall Street Journal on 10 May that, "Federal Reserve officials have mapped out a strategy for winding down an unprecedented $85 billion-a-month ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... Princeton University and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Blinder, in his opinion piece on the Wall Street Journal wrote: "If the Treasury loses the ability to borrow more, the budget must be balanced immediately, meaning that federal ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... and 1.4% the day before last Thursday. The reason for the reversal? Allow me to quote Reuters quoting the Wall Street Journal, "...stocks rebounded after a Wall Street Journal analysis said the market may be misreading the Fed and that a reduction in ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... "Stocks, bond prices drop as Fed points to reduced bond buying" Financial Times: "Bernanke sees 2014 end for QE3" Wall Street Journal: "Bernanke Sets Stage to End Bond Buys Amid Growth" Now don't get me wrong Virginia, I'm in no way saying they are wrong...they ...