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Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... Espiritu Santo, Putin, Iraq, slow growth, fast growth, deflation, inflation, overvaluation, bubble - you name it. Yes Virginia, just two weeks ago investors were crying crisis, creating concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... economic luck runs out." "The biggest risk to Australia - a weaker Chinese economy - may soon be the world's, too." Yes Virginia, Bill surely knows his stuff. Bill, after all, has a bachelor's degree in business journalism and is an award-winning journalist ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Is that bad news on your pocket... or you're just happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... around 1% to 1.5% of GDP -- fast enough... for if they misjudge the slack, they'll be the ones accused of slacking. Yes Virginia, slack would be on every MPC member's mind. It certainly is on BOE deputy governor of monetary policy Ben Broadbent who ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... this week for starting mid-week... financial markets' moods could swing - for the better or the worse - on America. Yes Virginia, this week is all about the US of A. Sure Virginia, there'll be speculations galore even before hump day, Wednesday (30 July) ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yes Virginia, we didn't expect anything less 'eh my lady? If it didn't happen overnight, it'll happen tomorrow... or the day after. Wall Street got knocked down ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... third estimate of US first quarter GDP growth is expected to be revised lower from a contraction of 1.0% to 1.8%. Yes Virginia, for there is nothing else to explain a drop on Wall Street given economic news reports over the past 24 hours. Certainly not ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... tit for tats over a few pieces of rock floating on the ocean... and currently showing at a theatre near us, Iraq. Yes Virginia, 'twas a bumpy bumpy road we've passed and are still navigating but equity markets continue to go bouncy bouncy - the S&P 500 ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
"Do you want fries with that?" Yes Virginia, this moment is at hand. For this time, we get to read Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's thoughts - he penned himself, in english - on the eve of his visit to the land of the English (he's there now). Not about ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... momentum without Carney lifting a finger since he became head honcho of the British central bank last 1 July 2013. Yes Virginia, the UK has come a long way baby! From concerns over a double-dip recession about this time last year - the economy contracted ...