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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... as sooner-than-later taper talks increased on improved economic data (punctuated by the upward revision in third quarter US GDP to annualised growth of 3.6% from 2.8% in the advanced estimate) - the S&P 500 surged on the fifth day (up 1.12%), wiping ...

Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... report in what may be a veiled reference to the just announced Financial System Inquiry. These pressures could cost 6% of GDP by 2060 and require taxes to increase from 28% to 34% of GDP unless government spending was much better targeted, warned the ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... latest BOE Quarterly Inflation Report underscores the brightening outlook for economy. The British central bank lifted its GDP forecasts to 1.6% (from 1.4% estimated in August) this year and to 2.8% (from 2.5%) in 2014. This, according to the Financial ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... Philippine economy had been growing above 7% over the past four quarters and its government debt declining steadily from 71.4% of GDP back in 2004 to around 40.1% this year. This justifies its credit ratings upgrade to investment grade earlier this year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... news for the world's biggest economy prompted a fall in stock values with better-than-expected US gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.8 per cent in the September quarter and promising unemployment numbers. That's spurred speculation that the Federal ...

It's the twit not the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... didn't mean to scare you. But as I was doing my research last night, I came across a chart of the S&P 500 index and US nominal GDP...and it got me concerned. The S&P 500 index is running well above the pace of growth in the US economy - i.e., this means ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... in turn, has allowed the economy of the United Kingdom to make great strides. Financial markets now expect third quarter UK GDP growth to accelerate to 0.8% from 0.7% in the previous three months. The rising momentum in economic activity has prompted ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... shutdown meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third quarter from 7.5% in the previous one. Bo-ring. It's the same old story...the economy ...