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No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... game has shifted to whether or not QEs will work to bring back animal spirits and lead to a longer lasting and durable recovery. Ahh, but then again, it could take years before markets find out the answer to this. Not good enough for algorithmic-driven ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... quality has enabled significant out-performance of the market and placed them in good stead to act as drivers for economic recovery, according to Credit Suisse research. A recent survey of 280 companies across 33 countries highlighted the relatively ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens." I hope that with this explanation, gentle reader Ron takes my head out of the chopping block.

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... "following the playbook to the line - ease aggressively, don't reverse course and keep the easing going well into the recovery," said Fidelity Worldwide Investment's director of asset allocation Trevor Greetham. Greetham said that the Federal Reserve's ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... that inflation over the medium term likely would run at or below its 2 percent objective. To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee agreed ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... subways in 18 cities. Uncle Ben wouldn't want to be seen as the only one holding back financial markets and the global recovery now, does he?

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... the third straight monthly contraction in the manufacturing sector, a key engine behind the economy's still-sluggish recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday closed down 54.90 points (0.42 per cent), finishing at 13,035.94. The broad-based ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... along, "... the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability." ================== You can read Ben ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... 0.25 per cent, or 5.07 points, to 2,047.52. There was fresh evidence that global headwinds were dragging on the Japanese recovery, with data showing factory output unexpectedly fell 1.2 per cent in July, while the strong yen also hurt exporters. WELLINGTON ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... economy." And "there is scope for further action by the Federal Reserve to ease financial conditions and strengthen the recovery." To QE not. The stock markets have not collapsed. Remember our "QE Paradox"? Too, as expressed by St. Louis Fed's James ...