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Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) declared that it could take up to two weeks before the final results are known. Yes Virginia, we've joined the "United Kingdoom" and Spain in limboland. Not only for the next two weeks while awaiting Australia's ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... annual growth rate relative to its peers, to quote ol' blue eyes, "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." Yes Virginia, the Australian economy grew faster than the majors in the March quarter, with real GDP expanding by 3.1% over the year. ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... but exactly two weeks after, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything's looking wonderful for me and you. Yes Virginia, financial markets - or more accurately, risk assets -- have gone up, up and away in the week ended 15 April -- the very ...

QIC acquires stake in US mall

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
QIC has acquired a 49% stake in Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, Virginia, expanding its joint venture relationship with Forest City Enterprises Inc. The acquisition brings the total number of US real estate assets acquired by QIC on behalf of its ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... index. The index jumped to a reading of 51.8 in March after spending five months in contraction territory (below 50). Yes Virginia, thanks to a cheaper US dollar, the manufacturing sector has recovered and if the seven point jump in new orders to 58.3 ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... stupid (or what markets presumed stupid), "...we don't anticipate that it will be necessary to reduce further rates." Yes Virginia, this single phrase brought things undone. The equity markets retreated with the Stoxx 50 index closing 1.5% lower from ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... growth and inflation. Perhaps then they could stop blaming the "global economy" and end their race to the bottom. Yes Virginia, this is the prevailing theme in most central banks' statements in late - their economies are doing fine, but the "global economy" ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... real GDP contracted by a larger-than-expected annualised rate of 1.4% in the December quarter gave it rocket power. Yes Virginia, we all know why... that all too familiar, it's gotten so bad that more money is coming. "Quantitative easing; zero interest ...