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Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... 4.3%. This certainly is within the realms of the possible if the Politburo has empty space between their collective heads. But nah! How anyone could under-estimate the astuteness of the powers that be that turned one of the world's basket cases into ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... own lending rates. Markets previously expected the Chinese central bank to gradually lower the floor on lending rates. But nah! It just went ahead and scrapped it altogether. Ahhh...the beauty of central planning. Chinese businesses and individuals would ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... data stacks up. Tapering's not tightening, it's still stimulation. Tapering does not mean a hike in the fed fund's rate. But nah. There's again anxiety in the air while you, I and Irene wait for Bernanke to say it again, just in case. In a play of Greenspan's ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... since October 2011. What the? Is China growing strongly again? Is the credit crunch there over? Are commodity prices back up? Nah, the same worries over our big and closest brother are still there. Aussie equities rallied because, according to the financial ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... and kicked Julia's behind off not only from the prime minister's chair but off politics altogether. Third time lucky, 'ey? Nah, make that second time lucky, he didn't even contest the second contest. What does this mean for financial markets? Judging ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... towards re-balancing its economy, financial markets would've been a happier place this week ust with those Fed rhetoric. But nah! The PBOC had to re-publish on its website yesterday what it already announced last week in response to soaring money market ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... to get a better handle on whether it's gonna be taper on or taper off, after the latest update on the US labour market. But nah. While Wall Street rallied following the release of the US non-farm payrolls report for May, it hasn't settled anything about ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... a big surprise, if they don't milk this report to their advantage. But will Australia be top of the pops again next year? Nah, not because Tony and Joe are likely to unseat Julia and Wayne (ok, maybe that too) but because of similar changes at the top ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... also sure that most playing the financial market game understand the dynamics between economic growth and interest rates. But nah, Kuroda has to say it to our faces - that is, to expect bond yields to rise as the economy improves. Now I'm really, truly ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of budget 2013-14? I know I am, I'm so, like, over it. It's good. No, it's bad. Nah, it's middle of the road. Call it what you like but at the end of the day, it's built on forecasts - also known as guesses ...