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Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... this column's musing that, "that time is not yet". And I had some reinforcements. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Jordan over the weekend, Joseph Stigliz - yes, him, the Nobel prize wining economist - declared that QE is "the only stimulus" ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... just gotten reinforcements too - and it's from one of the biggest guns in the field. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Jordan over the weekend, Joseph Stigliz - yes, him, the Nobel prize wining economist - declared that QE is "the only stimulus" ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... world's biggest hedge fund - told other great mortals (2,600 political, business and financial leaders) at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last 25 January that, "2013 will be a 'game changer' for the economy as investors reallocate money after ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... the data showed." Now you believe that what Wen wants, Wen gets. But let's not stop there. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin yesterday, PM Wen assured the world that, "Be it monetary or fiscal, we still have ample strength," and "we will ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... notion that the current crisis somehow signals the decline of Europe as a global force. He cited a recent World Economic Forum report that listed seven European countries in their Top 10 list of the world's most competitive economies. "Europe is a strong ...

HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... administrative region has overtaken the US as the world's most developed financial economy, according to the World Economic Forum's 2011 Financial Development Report, the first time an Asian region has lead the index. Pushing Hong Kong SAR to the lead ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... with money, they better think again. China didn't get to where it is now by being somebody's fool. At the World Economic Forum in the Chinese city of Dalian, Premier Wen Jiabao said that the world shouldn't rely on China to save the world. Instead, "Countries ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... expenditure on Research & Development," she said. Australia was ranked seventh out of 134 countries surveyed by the World Economic Forum for the sophistication of financial markets in the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09.

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... rest of the world down. But hear ye, hear ye to what People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Zhu Min told the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. "We'll continue with current accommodative fiscal and monetary policy" in order to ensure that the ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... become the pre-eminent global economic decision making body," he said. This announcement comes after the 2009 World Economic Forum Financial Development Report ranked the best for financial market access and third, behind the US and UK, for non-bank ...