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Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... right mate. Besides we still get to rub shoulders with offshore people as the cheap dollar-A prompts them to holiday in Aussieland instead. Wait some more, there's one more. The cheap Australian dollar also makes Australian assets - stock market ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... their blessings, that is. You can take your pick - economic growth (no recession in a generation and reports are that Aussieland will overtake Spain as the 12th largest world economy this quarter and behind only Norway and Switzerland in terms of per ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... downunder - Australia. And if you're a Bloomberg addict like moi, you'll know that the risk rally all started from Aussieland. Here's Bloomberg's headline at about 5PM yesterday, "Europe Futures, Asia Stocks Rise on Aussie GDP". Australian real GDP jumped ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... (only two verys) substantial drop from the 0.9 per cent forecast previously. OMG! There'll be big trouble in little Aussieland! Oh yes, if you believe what you read in the financial press. But look closely. Have you noticed that none, nada, zero, talked ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... numbers beat expectations, the Street should be jubilant...we're on our way to the land of Oz - both the mythical one and Aussieland (Australia's unemployment rate was 5.3 per cent in January). It seems that Wall Street remains unconvinced because of ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... for the millions of investors taking their cue from Wall Street. Because of this, it'll be a flat to down day here in Aussieland once again, our local papers claim. I could slack off and just point you guys to my commentary last Wednesday morning when ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... interest rates, Australia's cash rate offers a 3.25 per cent premium against America's zero. Forward expectations that Aussieland rates would reach 5 per cent while they would remain at zero in the US increase the likelihood that parity - perhaps even ...
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