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Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... with Donald practically a lame duck, the US is set to tighten restrictions even more when Biden takes his seat in the Oval Office. Already, New York Governor Cuomo announced the closure of bars, restaurants, gyms at 10pm and limited indoor gatherings ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. The world's anxiously waiting to exhale but none more so than China. Central command's swift, decisive and draconian ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... its domestic economy and away from trade negotiations with that spoiled, little rich kid currently sitting at the Oval Office. In the bigger scheme of things, Australia's coronavirus second wave is miniscule relative to other nations. One way or ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... war with the rest of the world in his quest to make "America Great Again" and perhaps, secure a second term at the Oval Office. Reminds me of George W. and the Bushisms that flourished under his watch. For our purposes, I note: "The vast majority of ...

How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... same way, Nagle said they will continue to analyse the situation until January 20 when Trump officially takes the Oval Office. To communicate their strategy to clients, Treysta produces a weekly video update. "We've spoken to the chief investment officer ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... couple of days' trading after the day we all found out that the Big O gets to keep his chair at the West Wing of the Oval Office in the White House? Thursday - the Wall stumbles because of 'fiscal cliff' worries despite better-than-expected jobless claims ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... suspect. September's jobless rate was the lowest since January 2009 when the Big O first sat on that chair in the Oval Office at the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Good labour market news just a month before his bid for a second term? Hmmm. ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... situation continues to burn while the politicians fiddle. In spite of the goodwill that Barack Obama took with him to the Oval office and the fact that he has already etched a 'game plan' to tackle the global financial mess even before he danced the ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... financial markets remain unresolved and economies sinking into recession are growing in number. Putting a new face in the Oval Office will not make these challenges go away. Obama's victory may have engendered hope in the American people but it will ...
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